TERRIER 'MARTELLO' ON DRIVING EXPERIENCES FOLLOWING SWANAGE RAILWAY'S 2010 GRAND STEAM GALA & VINTAGE TRANSPORT RALLY - September 10th to 12th 2010

Announcement from the Swanage Railway - dated 26th June 2010
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LBSCR 0-6-0 Terrier tank engine No 662 'Martello' at a Photographer's charter on the Bluebell Railway, Tuesday 14 November 2006. Photo copyright Chris Nevard

All our engines will be in steam over the Gala weekend with special workings, PLUS there will be a rally of vintage transport at Harman's Cross. Further visiting locomotives will be announced shortly.

Click here to visit our dedicated 2010 Gala page with a downloadable poster and advance details, and here to visit our news archive pages to see photo reports of last year's event.

LBSCR 0-6-0 Terrier tank engine No 662 'Martello' at a Photographer's charter on the Bluebell Railway, Tuesday 14 November 2006. Photo copyright Chris Nevard

To see more superb photos of 'Martello' in action, please visit Chris Nevard's page here

LB&SCR A1X Terrier No. 662 'Martello' Photo © M. Dives

Dimensions as rebuilt to A1X Class.
• LB&SCR A1X 'Terrier' 0-6-0T Built 1875, Brighton Works
• Wheel Diameter - 4ft 0in
• Length - 26ft 0.5in (12ft wheelbase)
• Cylinders - 14in x 20in
• Inside Stephenson valve gear
• Tractive Effort - 7,650lbs at 85% boiler pressure
• Weight in working order - 28 tons 5cwts
• Boiler Pressure - 150 PSI

Emerging as No. 62 from Brighton Works in 1875, 'Martello' was allocated to New Cross shed where it operated in the South East area of London. Despite being superseded by bigger locomotives, 'Martello' stayed at New Cross until the mid 1890s, where it moved to the Wimbledon branch. In 1909, the engine received 14inch cylinders and had all the condensing apparatus removed. In 1912, the engine was converted to an A1X and later sent to Littlehampton shed.

When taken over by the Southern Railway, all LB&SCR engines were given the letter B in front of their numbers. This occurred when 'Martello' was shedded at our very own Tunbridge Wells West shed. It then moved onto Fratton shed and a spell working on the Hayling Island branch. In 1931, it became 2662 before another number change to 32662, when it was overhauled at Brighton in 1949.

After overhaul, 'Martello' saw another period of service at Fratton before leading a nomadic existence at various locations across the South East, including the Kent and East Sussex branch. In 1963, the loco returned to Fratton, to operate the Hayling Island branch where it was one of three Terriers to work the branch on its final day, on 2nd November 1963. Shortly after, 'Martello' was withdrawn, having run 1,505,955 miles in its life. 

The engine was then overhauled at Eastleigh and purchased for static display at Butlins Holiday Camp at Ayr, where it arrived in October 1964. In 1971, 'Martello' moved to Bressingham and was returned to working order in 1975, the year of its centenary. 'Martello' was then sold to the museum in 1992. In late 2003, the decision was taken to overhaul the Terrier again, to celebrate the refurbishment of the museum's demonstration line. The engine was completely stripped down with work centring on the boiler, which received new platework and a new tubeplate, which was completed in late 2004. The rest of the overhaul was completed in August 2005 and 'Martello' steamed for its 130th birthday in the August. 

Since then, in addition to the Spa Valley Railway, 'Martello' has visited a number of railways including the North Norfolk, Kent and East Sussex, Lavender Line, and visited the Bluebell in November 2006, for its Terrier Gala, which saw 5 Terriers in operation together.

Livery - Marsh Brown and Umber with 'LBSC' Lettering