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Robin Barbour page 1:
"Wandering Willie"
Those of us old enough to have experienced real steam will recall
the "Ian Allan" spotters' books, listing the quite
astonishing variety of locomotives which ran on the railways of Britain
in the 1950s. Many of them bore names which, without doubt, ran the full
gamut from the sublime to the ridiculous (at both extremes, I think the
LNER gets the prize...). The ex-NBR 4-4-0s, LNER classes D29 and D30,
and Gresley's D11 build for Scottish duties (Robinson's GCR
"Directors"), were named after characters in Scott's "Waverley" novels
(most appropriately, given that the former Waverley route saw many of
the D30s live out their last days). "Luckie Mucklebackit", "Dumbiedykes"
and "Wizard of the Moor" certainly capture the imagination - but
favourite of all, surely, would be "Wandering Willie" - what better name
for an aging loco, trundling about on those lighter duties in the
backwaters of the railway system.
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62440 "Wandering
Willie" stands at Hawick station, north end, probably on return
from a banking duty to Whitrope Summit. |
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54499 is a
Pickersgill 4-4-0 built for the Caledonian Railway in the early
1920s, and is seen at its home shed, Perth
10 April 1958 |
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Andrew Barclay 2073
of 1939 no. 1 "Dailuaine" shunts wagons of whisky casks at the
distillery of the same name, Aberlour
Summer 1967 |
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Probably taken the
same day, Derby Type 2 (later cl.24) diesel trundles through
Craigellachie station |
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J38 65915 shunts at
Leslie |
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Ex-GNoSR 0-4-2T 68191
is at Kittybrewster, 29 July 1959 |
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Ex-GWR 0-4-0T no 1103
is at 87C Danygraig shed, Swansea
28 June 1959 |
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Ex-NBR 62471 "Glen
Falloch", LNER class D34, is at Greenlaw on the former
Berwickshire Railway, on (I think) the Branch Line
Society's "Scott Country" railtour,
4 April 1959 (Can anyone confirm the date?) |
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Lastly, and close to
the end of steam, a couple of moodier pictures. A grimy "Black 5"
makes a smoky departure from Blackpool North, 26 December 1967, and 70013 "Oliver
Cromwell" stands beside the water tower at Blackpool North
shed, having hauled a football special from Carlisle over Shap,
for the Blackpool v. Carlisle United match. |
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Not all of Robin's negatives were
captioned - if anyone out there can help with locations and/or dates,
I'd be very grateful...
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