Hi all!-NCC engines

[chris25]

Hello everyone ! I am seeking information about NCC engines.Please,dont laugh,but I really know very little about those marvelous feats of engineering that I remember fondly of since childhood.
I am at present comprising a "scrap book" of my family history which is intended to be past down the generations,each adding their own life history.
I have started with my grandfather who,I have found out was an NCC engine driver.Despite research,I can not find imformation about this.I know my father was a wagon repairer so from this I have assumed that they both worked in some area of the railway industry.What does NCC stand for?Is it a type of engine or the name of the industry he worked for?Can anyone enlighten me please?Both grandparents and parents are now deceased so I am at a loss regarding this.
Many thanks,Chris

[pavorossi]

NCC stood for Northern Counties Committee. They managed a series of railway lines in Northern Ireland and belonged to the LMS (London Midland and Scottish Railway) who had inherited them in the grouping of 1923. I'm afraid that's all I know,but I'm sure someone can expand on that. Coincidentally, I reckon your scrapbook idea is great.

Adam

[Upney Sidings]

NCC = Northern Counties Committee. Later variant became LMS (NCC).

And, yes, the NCC 4-4-0's were impressive engines and I think that No. 72 is preserved. At the moment I'm not in a position to check out what data I do have but I think all NCC locos emanated from the Derby worls of the Midland Railway and later the LMSR. Those impressive 4-4-0s seem to me to bear an uncanny resemblance to the S&DJR 4-4-0's only larger.

Good luck with your hunt.

Mike

[robbo]

Grandfather Irish by any chance?
NCC stands for Northern Counties Comittee

check out this link - http://www.steamindex.com/locotype/ireloco.htm#ncc

hope it helps

[swisstrains]

Welcome Chris.
I hope the forum can help you in your search for information and that you will continue to visit.

[G6 UXU]

Welcome and all the best Chris and good luck with your search.

Chris.

[Upney Sidings]

robbo kindly posted a link (above) to the Back Track magaine index which is often useful but is far from current. What I hope I can find the time to do is to dig out is a more recent Back Track which has a brilliant article on Irish 4-4-0's. I've got parts 2 & 3 of the series and I'm hoping that the latter covers the NCC varieties.

Also on my list of things to do is to dig out my back-up disk with a very good image of No. 72 on it. A batch of recent scans also contained one not so very good shot of a NCC 4-4-0 awaiting scrap.

Mike

[Arthur Maunsell]

thats all correct. No 72 is in the Cultra Museum not far outside Belfast which Ive never visited but is on my TO DO list as it looks fabulous.

[Upney Sidings]

Originally Posted by Upney Sidings

Also on my list of things to do is to dig out my back-up disk with a very good image of No. 72 on it.

Late last evening I did dig out that shot of NCC No. 72 which is now available to view in the Forum's gallery.

Mike

[chris25]

Dont think he was Irish,he died when I was a baby so I never knew him.My father used to speak fluent Welsh and had rels in Swanea so I assumed that he was too.BUT now I know abit more about the engine history,I shall delve into the Irish census to see if I can find more info.Many thanks,Chris25