Talk:Alan C Clothier

Email to Mark Temple on 2/11/2021 from Anthony Massau:

"Hello Mark,

You may use some photos of 82045's bunker which are on The Trust's website news page. It was only the bunker and back sheet of the cab that was constructed at Boston Lodge, the main part of the cab was built by ourselves at Bridgnorth. A few years later the two water tanks were built at Dinas on the WHR for us.

Alan Clothier became a member of The 82045 Steam Locomotive Trust and came to see us at Bridgnorth some years ago but further visits became impossible due to a deterioration in his wife's health which kept him confined to home. Since then he has sadly passed away himself. As you are probably aware he was involved in the design of the new BR Standard class 3 tank engines as a young draughtsman at Swindon loco works and he told us of a visit there from Stuart Cox overall head of design for the BR Standard locos who said regarding the class 3 tanks " whatever you do you must keep the overall weight of the completed locomotive down due to the weight restrictions, etc. on some of the rural routes that these tank engines will run on ". Alan also related that the water tanks gave trouble on the early engines with splits and leaks occuring. He said some of the steel provided to construct the tanks was poor quality and the fabricators sometimes did things their own way rather than follow the drawings. A new revised drawing was eventually produced which is what we provided to the F&WHR to use at Dinas. Regards,

Tony.