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GWR Kings BR & Preservation

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  1. neildimmer

    neildimmer Resident of Nat Pres

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    Hi All

    I have added over 60 photos of GWR Kings to my website starting here with a pre 1935 single chimney photo of 6000 King George V

    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam/GWR-King-Class/16903444_7PZkhw#1277239825_57385hg

    6009-6023

    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam/GWR-King-Class/16903444_7PZkhw#1277240211_BWNhDZJ

    6024-6027

    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam/GWR-King-Class/16903444_7PZkhw#1277240319_fTcBGt5

    Neil
     
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    Is that last one a mixed freight and passenger service? were those common?
     
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    neildimmer Resident of Nat Pres

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    Neil,

    small thing, but photos 56 and 57 are King Edward I, the caption says II.

    Rob
     
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  5. neildimmer

    neildimmer Resident of Nat Pres

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    Ooops not sure how that happened, thanks anyway, caption changed

    Neil
     
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    I have read somewhere that soft fruit traffic ex the Cheddar Valley Line was attached to passenger trains at Bristol Temple Meads for express movement to Market.
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    buseng Part of the furniture

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    guard_jamie Part of the furniture

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    The mixed freight/passenger service is running under Class A headlamps so isn't ECS, it probably is either a perishable, such as Cheddar Valley Fruit, or indeed horses. As someone else has noted, some of the wagons are horseboxes. There are an unusually high number - perhaps a race special?
     
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