S. D. Holden
Stephen Dewar Holden | |
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James Holden | |
Engineering career | |
Discipline | Locomotive engineer |
Institutions | Institution of Mechanical Engineers |
Employer(s) | Great Eastern Railway |
Significant design | GER Class S69 4-6-0 |
Stephen Dewar Holden (23 August 1870 – 7 February 1918) was a
Biography
Holden was born at
Upon leaving school at the age of 16, he joined the Great Eastern Railway (GER) at their Stratford Works, London,[1] where his father had been Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Superintendent since 1885.[2] There he studied under his father for four years, following which he worked in the drawing office for 18 months; he then became an inspector in the running department. In October 1892 he became Suburban District Locomotive Superintendent; two years later he was transferred to Ipswich, and in July 1897 he returned to London, as divisional locomotive superintendent. Several more promotions - including Chief of the Running Department, and Assistant Locomotive Superintendent - led to him succeeding his father as Locomotive Superintendent from January 1908.[1]
In 1910, Holden was elected a Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. He resigned from the GER in October 1912, being replaced by A.J. Hill.[3]
Holden died at Rochester, Kent on 7 February 1918;[1] his father died seven years later.[2]
Locomotives
The locomotives produced at Stratford during S.D. Holden's term of office were a continuation of James Holden's designs, due in part to the retention of his father's Chief Draughtsman, E.S. Tiddeman.[4] Repeat orders were placed for older designs, some of which dated back to James Holden's predecessor, T.W. Worsdell.[5][6] There were some new designs, the most notable of which was the Class S69 4-6-0 of 1911, the first six-coupled express locomotives on the GER,[7] a total of 81 being built down to 1928;[8] under the LNER, some of these were sent to north-eastern Scotland.[9] Other new designs included two classes of 2-4-2T, which despite being of different sizes, used similarly-sized cabs: the smaller engines, Class Y65, gaining the nickname "Crystal Palace Tanks" from the relatively large amount of glass for such small engines;[10] the larger 2-4-2T, Class G69, was essentially an updated version of an existing design,[11] as was the last of Holden's new classes, the Class C72 0-6-0T.[12]
Holden also tried some of the recent developments in steam locomotive technology, such as superheaters. A batch of ten
GER class (LNER) | Wheel arrangement | Years built | Total | Designer | Ref |
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D56 (D15) |
4-4-0 | 1908–11 | 50 | J. Holden | [15] |
C53 (J70) | 0-6-0T | 1908–10 | 4 | J. Holden | [16] |
M15 (F4) | 2-4-2T | 1908–09 | 30 | Worsdell | [6] |
Y65 (F7) | 2-4-2T | 1909–10 | 12 | S.D. Holden | [17] |
G58 (J17) | 0-6-0 | 1910–11 | 10 | J. Holden | [18] |
G69 (F6) | 2-4-2T | 1911–2 | 20 | S.D. Holden | [19] |
S69 (B12) | 4-6-0 | 1911–12 | 5 | S.D. Holden | [8] |
Y14 (J15) | 0-6-0 | 1912 | 10 | Worsdell | [20] |
C72 (J68) | 0-6-0T | 1912 | 10 | S.D. Holden | [21] |
Of the four new classes, two were subsequently perpetuated by A.J. Hill: there were 66 further Class S69 4-6-0 built between 1913 and 1920,[8] with a final 10 being built for the LNER in 1928;[22] ten Class C72 0-6-0T were built in 1913–14 and ten more in 1923, the latter being delivered to the LNER.[21]
Notes
- ^ a b c d Marshall 1978, p. 116.
- ^ a b Marshall 1978, p. 115.
- ^ Marshall 1978, p. 117.
- ^ Marshall 1978, p. 116–7.
- ^ Fry 1966, pp. 84–85.
- ^ a b Fry 1964, p. 65.
- ^ Allen 1956, p. 143.
- ^ a b c Boddy et al. 1975, p. 50.
- ^ Boddy et al. 1975, p. 62.
- ^ Allen 1956, p. 150.
- ^ Allen 1956, pp. 152.
- ^ Allen 1956, pp. 150–1.
- ^ Fry et al. 1981, pp. 19, 25, 55.
- ^ Steamindex 2008, Stephen Dewar Holden.
- ^ Fry et al. 1981, p. 19.
- ^ Allen et al. 1970, p. 100.
- ^ Fry 1964, p. 76.
- ^ Fry 1966, p. 99.
- ^ Fry 1964, p. 74.
- ^ Fry 1966, p. 85.
- ^ a b Allen et al. 1970, p. 97.
- ^ Boddy et al. 1975, pp. 50–51.
References
- Allen, Cecil J. (1956) [1955]. The Great Eastern Railway (2nd ed.). Hampton Court: Ian Allan.
- Allen, D. W.; Boddy, M. G.; Brown, W. A.; Fry, E. V.; Hennigan, W.; Manners, F.; Neve, E.; Proud, P.; Roundthwaite, T. E.; Tee, D. F.; ISBN 0-901115-05-3.
- Boddy, M. G.; Brown, W. A.; Fry, E. V.; Hennigan, W.; ISBN 0-901115-73-8.
- Fry, E.V.; Hoole, K.; Manners, F.; Neve, E.; Proud, P.; ISBN 0-901115-52-5.
- Fry, E.V., ed. (September 1966). Part 5: Tender Engines - Classes J1 to J37. Locomotives of the L.N.E.R. Kenilworth: ISBN 0-901115-12-6.
- Fry, E.V., ed. (April 1964). Part 7: Tank Engines - Classes A5 to H2. Locomotives of the L.N.E.R. Kenilworth: ISBN 0-901115-13-4.
- ISBN 0-7153-7489-3.
- "James Holden, S.D. Holden, A.J. Hill & F.V. Russell". steamindex.com. 26 February 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
External links
- Stephen D. Holden at www.lner.info