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There were still a few of the rebuilt B16s
around York in my schoolboy spotter days - but the Raven originals
(like 61422) had all gone. |
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B12 61535 looks to be in fine fettle (but
what's that lurking in the background?*) at Stratford shed. |
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The cab makes plain the GNR origin of K2
61728 (which was actually built in 1914 as a K1, rebuilt 1931).
Doncaster. |
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A North Eastern class "R", LNER D20 - it
looks well, though I suspect it's steamed for the last time, as
it's in the scrapyard at Darlington.. 62395
was one of the last, if not the last, to be withdrawn, end-1957 |
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62484 "Glen Lyon" is, of course, a Scottish
loco - but it's at Carlisle, and I couldn't resist it. I'm guessing
a late substitution on a train from the Waverley route. The spotters
look bemused. |
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Back to the former Great Eastern for D16
62606, one of the last Claude Hamiltons, seen at Kings Lynn Station.
Withdrawn in 1959, none of the class survived. |
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Sheffield Victoria - and Great Central D11 no
62662 "Prince of Wales". |
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62797 was one of the last survivors of the
former GER 2-4-0s, LNER class E4, going in 1958. Stratford shed. |
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One of the last pre-grouping classes on BR,
Q6 63445 is doing what they were good at - slogging uphill on a
heavy freight (I'm guessing a Tyne Dock - Consett working) |
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The NER's ultimate 0-8-0 was the
3-cylindered T3 (LNER Q7). Here's no 63472 in what remains of Tyne
Dock shed |
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O4/6 no 63843, a rebuild of one of the
larger-boilered O5s. (All the O4s in Kenneth's collection seem to
have bent footplating...) |
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Lincoln (ex-GN) shed - 64207 is a Gresley GNR J6 0-6-0... |
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...and 64284 is a Robinson GCR J11 0-6-0 |
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The GER's ultimate 0-6-0 was the J20 -
here's 64696 looking very healthy at Stratford. |
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The North Eastern had quite a variety - the
oldest in BR service being the surviving J21s. 65033 is of course
still with us, despite being withdrawn, then reinstated, in 1939 |
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65177 was a Great Central loco, LNER J10 |
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65445 was a GER J15, quite an antique when
this photo was taken. Clearly it's been found something to keep it
moderately busy... |
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Another GER loco, 65530 was LNER class J17 |
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Thornaby - North Eastern class P1, LNER J25 no 65720
was one of the last survivors of the class, withdrawn in 1962 |
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65858 is a J27 (NER P3) - the J27s shared
with the Q6s in being the last pre-grouping steam on BR. Seen
approaching King Edward Bridge Junction. |
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