Oh thanks, I stand corrected.
Didn't realise that light engine move.

There is a picture of it passing through Hungerford on page 10 of this weeks NWN

Did they call it "The"Britannia?
The non-rail media usually make some sort of howler!

No http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BR_standard_c...70000_Britannia

70000: Bishops Lydeard WSR-Southall

Couple for the chuffer lovers. Took these at a 40s weekend at Holt station in Norfolk.
For any old wrinklies on here that can remember that far back the weekend is a must.

Nice detail NORTHENDER. Oliver Cromwell was used last year between Dereham and Wymondham.
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92203 is Black Prince, saved from the scrapheap by the artist David Shepherd.
Oliver Cromwell is a Britannia class, running number 70013. That engine's claim to fame being that it was one of those pulling the last BR steam excursion prior to the switch to diesel

Thanks Exhausted. I am never too proud to be corrected.
Still it is a fine looking engine.

I promised I wouldn't digress or ramble. BUT a neighbour was involved
in University courses and their use over the world.
He used the time off to travel some amazing routes in China, India.
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Not very good picture but you can just see the name.






Same day.




A favorite picture of mine showing the wood off well.

The interesting thing about LNER coaching stock was that the early coaches were real wood and varnished but even when full metal coaches were introduced, they were painted to look like varnished wood and realistic they were to. I suspect the coaches in the picture were the teak effect but I'm not a rivet counter so I leave that question to the experts.

Cracking woodwork
It is strange how some of these relics end up back on the line.
After being a bungalow for 50 years.
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Just posting this so I can receive emails from this thread. As you were.

If you like locomotive etc then it might be worth popping up to Donnington & D&N on saturday. They are selling the Salem collection of locomotive models. 18 items in total such as -

The finest exhibition quality 7 ¼ inch gauge model of the Sir William Stanier London Midland and Scottish Railway 'Pacific' 4-6-2 LMS Locomotive and Tender No 6230 'Duchess of Buccleuch', an accurate replication of the original engine in every detail and was built according to the drawings of Crewe and took ten years and over 18,000 hours to build the model, it was built by the famous model engineer Mr Harry Powell of Crewe and his brother Norman,the paintwork and lettering by Louis Raper,
this magnificent model is fitted with a fully brazed and riveted superheated copper boiler with Belpaire firebox and all normal fittings including safety valves, regulator, blower, whistle, brake, injector and blowdown valves, incorporating full external detailing and smoke deflectors, fine scale cab fittings include wheel reverse gear, lever operated sliding firedoors, draincocks and ejector levers, three pressure gauges, twin water sight gauges, mahogany planked floor with steel panel and scale checker-plate, a wealth of classic fittings.
Chassis with twin outside cylinders fitted with Walschearts valve gear and two inside cylinders, scale twin ratchet lubricators, brass lubrication boxes, draincocks, sanding gear, working steam brakes, leaf springs and beautifully finished wheels, fluted motion, exceptional external detailing, smoke deflector plates,these were later fitted to all of the class. Tender details includes 4000 gallon Type II plaque,handbrake, water pick-up control, steam-driven mechanical coal pusher with cylinder guides and lifting eyes. The model finished in LMS maroon with yellow and black lining.
Length 113" Cab Width 13 ½'

The Stanier 'Duchess Class' designated 7P operated throughout Great Britain and were ostensibly Princess Cornation Class Locomotives which were nicknamed "Duchesses" and many of both of the combined classes carried streamlining in the pre-and-immediately post-war period. They hauled the heaviest express trains from Euston through to Scotland including 'The Royal Scot' and earlier 'Coronation' services. One of the class was sent to the USA for the World Fair of 1939 in its streamlined form. All the class were withdrawn in 1965 and three remain in preservation.

* Sir William Stanier FRS. Chief Mechanical Engineer of the LMS at the company Crewe works.

* Harry Powell worked all his life at Crewe locomotive works, he was a Master Coppersmith and chief of the copper-shop at Crewe.

This locomotive was delivered to Jack Salem in Switzerland by Harry Powell and Louis Raper. On arrival Harry Powell said to Jack Salem "Well you wanted the finest piece that has ever been built and here it is".

This is the LNER "Quad Art" set (Quad Articulated) which runs as a set of four coaches and is articulated with only 1 bogie between coaches.

The Duchesses were so called because many were named after duchesses of the realm.
Small point, they did not run throughout Great Britain but were confined mainly to the express routes out of Euston. Mainly the Scottish Expresses.

Biker1 might like this if he hasn't seen it already. A fascinating web page with a video if the Newbury to Didcot Railway: http://www.hampsteadnorreys.org.uk/History...ay_History.html.

That is an excellent bit of footage, which I discovered via another website http://www.newbury.net/forum/m-1326994555/s-all/ that discussed the revival of the Didcot, Newbury & Southampton Railway.

I have a keen interest in the old railway lines and would like to see the local ones reopen. However I realise that this will never happen because many of the bridges have been demolished, and in many instances the trackbed has been utilised for other purposes.

Brilliant!
Thanks Andy.
I think I was born a few years too late!
(P.S. Note the spelling of "Hampstead Norreys" on the station running in board. Anyone know why this was?)

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Thanks.