Nameplates back on black Dukedog

Well well. 8 pages of drivel! Another classic Nat Pres thread!

 

I answered a previous question, someone came on 30 mins after me with the exact same answer!

 

I miss the Bah Humbug thread...

 

Not a bad line up, well worth attending.

Regards

 

Hardly Giants (except SAS) but it will be great to see 777 again. It was waiting for its turn on the Scarborough Spa's last time I saw it.

 

It all depends how you would wish to interpret the phrase 'Giants Of Steam'. By physical size or other qualities.

Regards

 

Yes. However, there is a Gibber Social Group now under 'Community' !!

 

To clarify for certain:

30777 'Sir Lamiel' (King Arthur Class) * Visiting engine
34059 'Sir Archibald Sinclair' (Bulleid Pacific)
1638 (SR U-class 2-6-0)
80151 (BR 4MT 2-6-4T)
B473 (ex-LBSCR E4 0-6-2T) (or 9017 if B473 is not available)

Southern-designed / BR(S) Bulleid carriages
SR Maunsells
1920s Pullmans
BR Mk.1 set
The Great Northern Railway Directors' Saloon will be included in one of the sets, serving teas and coffees.
The first use at a special event of Bulleid Brake coach 2526 following restoration

From the Bluebell website

 

Also in SR mag. and what Richard Salmon wrote on the Bluebell e-mail group this week is that Roy Watts is still trying to negotiate for a second visiting loco for Giants. So I guess it's very much watch this space on the Bluebell website or e-mail group to see if negotiations have been successful in the next few weeks.

 

Speaking in traffic effort termsonly, the E4 comes out to be more powerful then the 'Dukedog', so the Brighton tank could be seen as more of a Giant then the venerable looking 4-4-0. Although it depend on boiler steaming rates, etc, etc, for more blanced conclusion...