The LSWR N15 class was a British 2-cylinder 4-6-0 express passenger
steam locomotive designed by Robert W. Urie. The class has a complex
build history spanning several years of construction from 1919 to 1926.
The first examples were constructed for the London and South Western
Railway, where they hauled heavy express trains to the south coast
ports and further west to Exeter. Following the Grouping of railway
companies in 1923, the LSWR became part of the Southern Railway and its
publicity department gave the locomotives names associated with
Arthurian legend. The Chief Mechanical Engineer of the newly-formed
company, Richard Maunsell, increased the King Arthur class strength to
74 locomotives. Maunsell incorporated several improvements, notably to
the steam circuit. The new locomotives were built in batches at
Eastleigh and Glasgow. Maunsell's successor, Oliver Bulleid, further
improved performance by altering exhaust arrangements. The locomotives
continued operating with British Railways (BR) until the end of 1962.
One example, 30777 Sir Lamiel, is preserved as part of the National
Collection and can be seen on mainline railtours.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1879:
War of the Pacific: Two Peruvian ironclads led by Miguel Grau Seminario
attempted to lift the blockade of Iquique by Chilean battleships under
Arturo Prat at the Battle of Iquique.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Iquique>
1894:
The Manchester Ship Canal , linking Greater Manchester in North West
England to the Irish Sea, officially opened, becoming the largest
navigation canal in the world at the time.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Ship_Canal>
1904:
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association, the
international sport governing body of association football, was founded
in Paris.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA>
1927:
Aboard the Spirit of St. Louis, American aviator Charles Lindbergh
completed the first solo non-stop transatlantic flight, flying from
Roosevelt Field near New York City to Le Bourget Airport near Paris.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_of_St._Louis>
1991:
Former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a
suicide bomber in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi_assassination>
1998:
Indonesian President Suharto resigned following the collapse of support
for his three-decade-long reign.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suharto>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
propel (v):
1. To cause to move very fast in a certain direction.
2. To make to arrive at a much greater pace to a certain situation or
result
<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/propel>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The flying Rumours gather'd as they roll'd,
Scarce any Tale was sooner heard than told;
And all who told it, added
something new,
And all who heard it, made Enlargements too,
In ev'ry Ear it spread,
on ev'ry Tongue it grew.
--Alexander Pope
<http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alexander_Pope>