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60026 "Miles Beevor" was "common" on our
little stretch of the main line, north of York. Mr Beevor was
acting GM for the LNER in 1947 - and lived until 1994, nearly 30
years beyond the demise of the A4 named after him. Doncaster. |
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A fine portrait of A3 60110 "Robert the
Devil", apparently ex-works on Doncaster Shed, and obviously taken before the
"German" smoke deflectors were fitted. |
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A1 60130 "Kestrel" on an up train at
Doncaster. Young "spotters" crowd the platform. |
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Thompson (obvious from the ungainly
positioning of the cylinders) A2 no. 60522 "Straight Deal" in the
snow at Hawick |
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I love this picture - a very young admirer
gazes upon V2 60913 at Carlisle |
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B1 61242 "Alexander Reith Gray" is clearly on
shed - and looks to be in good condition, but presumably undergoing
maintenance as the connecting rod has been removed |
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61670 "City of London" - one of the two B17s
that were streamlined in 1937. The streamlining was removed in 1951.
Stratford shed? |
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61873 at Doncaster. The K3s were a
development, in 1924, of Gresley's Great Northern K2. |
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Two for the price of one - Peppercorn's K1
2-6-0s 62043 and 62048 are on shed. Darlington? |
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D49 62719 "Peebles-shire" on a north-bound
train at Hawick |
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O2 63927 was built for the GNR in 1921, but
has clearly been rebuilt with "reduced boiler mountings" and a
side-window, non-GN cab. Most of the O2s were built after
the grouping |
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Gresley's 0-6-0s of classes J38 and J39 were
virtually identical - except for wheel diameter and boiler length
(the J38's wheel were 6" smaller, and its boiler 6" longer).
The J39s were designated "4P5F" - and here's 64895 earning the "P"
at Carlisle.
The 6F J38s - including 65914 - were based entirely in Scotland.
Both classes were outlived by pre-grouping 0-6-0s. |
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The difference between V1 and V3 2-6-2Ts was
boiler pressure (180/200 psi) - here's V3 67651 at Newcastle
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Thompson's L1s were designed for suburban
passenger work, with driving wheels of just 5'2". Mostly built
1948-50, they shook themselves apart, and all 100 had all gone by
1962. Stratford. |
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The LNER bought 75 "Austerity" 0-6-0STs
after the war, and classified them "J94". Here's 68059 at
Gateshead, in the company of a class 40 diesel and - oh look, it's
60026 again... |
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