Just looking at Hornby's latest product sheet and there's a picture of what 
they describe as a "Stanier 2-6-4T" with parallel boiler and early emblem 
R2378/X. Looks more like a Fowler 2-6-4T to me. Were any Stanier 2-6-4 tanks 
built with parallel boilers?

(kim)

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> Just looking at Hornby's latest product sheet and there's a picture of 
> what they describe as a "Stanier 2-6-4T" with parallel boiler and early 
> emblem R2378/X. Looks more like a Fowler 2-6-4T to me. Were any Stanier 
> 2-6-4 tanks built with parallel boilers?
>
> (kim)
>
No. All Stanier locos had taper boilers.
(The LMSR 0-4-4 tanks sometimes attributed to Stanier were actually the work 
of his predecessor, although I think they were delivered after Stanier 
joined LMSR )

Bevan

On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:53:07 +0100, "Bevan Price"
<meVIAfreeukFULLSTOPcom> wrote:

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>"kim"  wrote in message 
>news:bN6dnbFB8b6IKSzVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@giganews.com...
>> Just looking at Hornby's latest product sheet and there's a picture of 
>> what they describe as a "Stanier 2-6-4T" with parallel boiler and early 
>> emblem R2378/X. Looks more like a Fowler 2-6-4T to me. Were any Stanier 
>> 2-6-4 tanks built with parallel boilers?
>>
>> (kim)
>>
>No. All Stanier locos had taper boilers.
>(The LMSR 0-4-4 tanks sometimes attributed to Stanier were actually the work 
>of his predecessor, although I think they were delivered after Stanier 
>joined LMSR )

Ernest Lemon who was temporary CME after Fowler while they were
head-hunting Stanier.

>Bevan
>

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> "kim"  wrote in message 
> news:bN6dnbFB8b6IKSzVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@giganews.com...
>> Just looking at Hornby's latest product sheet and there's a picture 
>> of what they describe as a "Stanier 2-6-4T" with parallel boiler 
>> and early emblem R2378/X. Looks more like a Fowler 2-6-4T to me. 
>> Were any Stanier 2-6-4 tanks built with parallel boilers?
>
>>
> No. All Stanier locos had taper boilers.

Indeed, this is an obvious (to those who know their Stanier locos 
anyway...) typo on the part of Hornby.
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Bevan Price <meVIAfreeukFULLSTOPcom> wrote:
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>"kim"  wrote in message 
>news:bN6dnbFB8b6IKSzVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@giganews.com...
>> Just looking at Hornby's latest product sheet and there's a picture of 
>> what they describe as a "Stanier 2-6-4T" with parallel boiler and early 
>> emblem R2378/X. Looks more like a Fowler 2-6-4T to me. Were any Stanier 
>> 2-6-4 tanks built with parallel boilers?
>>
>No. All Stanier locos had taper boilers.
>(The LMSR 0-4-4 tanks sometimes attributed to Stanier were actually the work 
>of his predecessor, although I think they were delivered after Stanier 
>joined LMSR )

I'd thought - from articles read (accuracy may vary..) -  that the 0-4-4Ts 
of the LM&S were a re-jig of a Johnson (MR) design, with minor modifications 
by a committee chaired by Lemon (who was standing in as CME in the 
transition period). Presumably the Fowler 2-6-2Ts were considered 
unsatisfactory (understandable) and an existing design was adopted. I've 
certainly not read anything which ascribes them to Fowler (though, again, 
this may simple reflect gaps in my reading..)

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