Southern Railway 4-4-0 No. 30925 (925) 'Cheltenham'
York, Yorkshire, UK 		Location: National Railway Museum
Status: Display
Posted: Jun 25, 2024 @ 06:06:10 by Russell Newman
With no plans for another overhaul to be carried out anytime soon, ex Southern Railway Schools Class 4-4-0 No. 30925 "Cheltenham", has now left the Mid Hants Railway (Watercress Line) and has returned back to the National Railway Museum at York for undercover display.
Posted: Apr 28, 2024 @ 13:04:44 by Russell Newman
The National Railway Museum’s ex Southern Railway Schools Class 4-4-0 No. 30925 "Cheltenham", is currently in storage at Ropley on the Mid Hants Railway (Watercress Line), awaiting its next overhaul or possible future??
Posted: Oct 10, 2022 @ 06:10:07 by Russell Newman
Having hauled its final trains at the Mid Hants Railway during their Autumn Steam Gala over the weekend, the NRMs ex Southern Railway Schools Class 4-4-0 No. 30925 "Cheltenham" has now been withdrawn from service for her 10 year overhaul.
Posted: Aug 6, 2021 @ 06:08:33 by Russell Newman
The NRMs ex Southern Railway Schools Class 4-4-0 No. 30925 "Cheltenham" will be visiting the Bluebell Railway as the second visiting locomotive for their Giants of Steam Weekend from the 8th to 10th of October 2021.
Posted: Jun 20, 2019 @ 10:06:51 by Russell Newman
The NRMs Southern Railway Schools Class 4-4-0 No. 925 "Cheltenham" is to have a repaint to BR Brunswick Green livery with its British Railways Number 30925. Following a agreement reached between the Mid-Hants Railway and the National Railway Museum which will see the locomotive repainted by the end of August 2019.
Posted: Jan 3, 2007 @ 13:01:27 by Steve Llanso

Here are the specs for the 40 locomotives of the SR's Schools class:

Weight on drivers: 94,087

Driver diameter: 79"

Tractive effort: 25,133

Boiler pressure: 220 psi

Cylinders: 3, each 16 1/2" x 26"

They were among the most powerful 4-4-0s to run anywhere.

 

 

Posted: Dec 5, 2006 @ 12:12:08 by Steve Frost
One of the three preserved Southern Railway 'Schools' class - all named after Public Schools. They were good performers with three cylinders and a boiler that was a good steam raiser. 'Cheltenham' is in the original form with a small single chimney - some were modified with Lemaitre multi jet exhausts.

It was displayed for a time at Dinting Steam Centre, near Glossop. When that steam centre closed it was moved to the National Railway Museum where it was displayed in the South Hall exhibition coupled to a Wagon-Lits coach. After a period in the museum's Great Hall the loco moved to Eastleigh Works for overhaul to operational condition.

Now repainted in the Southern Railway's malachite green livery, the loco returned to the National Railway Museum for the 2012 Railfest, where it is pictured in steam in the current primary photo.