There were some small wagons, much like bogies stored in the yard with them, both loco's were oil fired and had a tank about 3' x 3 'x 1' mounted...
I really can't be sure, so I'm prepared to go along with you.
The two 3'-6" guage Bagnalls (Sir Tom and Woto) were bought by an East London car dealer (He was also an enthusiast, one time driver at Sammy...
The B17's I think it was in Footballer guise used the small B12 type 'Watercart tender.
So this was a railway works without a rail connection?
During it's time at the NNR the N7 did spend some time as L&NER 7999 in Black
But hasn't EVERYTHING built by the GWR been scrapped and reconstructed as something else? Isn't there a group somewhere reconstructing 'The Great...
I'm not going to argue with that.
That is basically what evolution is about, but unlike Darwinism it had something to start with. Personally I find the Gresley/Thompson rebuilds of...
Which really helps to put the fate of the last Claud Hamilton into perspective.
The thing to remember is that although boilerwork, for example was expensive, there were companies about that would take it on, Granted NOT to the...
In fairness I'm not really 'Looking Back with 21st century eyes' as I was there at the time and the 1960's preservation had moved onto 1969, it...
Congratulations to Ghost and Torgormaig, You have both recieved the priceless prize of Congratulations from Me. The frightening thing to Me is how...
Tom makes a very vallied point regarding the ages of surviving locomotives being available for preservation. I remember reading many years ago in...
No, I'm afraid that that is not what happened, As I understand it, the last Claud was a Gresley/Thompson re-build, as is the B12, so was not 0f...
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