The big difference is that 71000 was unique. There are another 10 Merchant Navies beside 35011 of which 5 remain unrestored. Ray.
There's an old thread about Butlin's choices here https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/the-last-king-6018.35757/#post-474947 Ray.
Isle of Man Railway No.4 Loch has been in action during every decade since being built in 1874. It nearly missed the 1960's having been withdrawn...
I didn't think that Butlins had more than 2 locos at any site. Wasn't Granville at Skegness with 6100? FWIW here's an indifferent slide scan of...
In Manx Northern days all the locos faced towards Douglas and this continued for some time for the loco outshedded at Ramsey. It also appears...
The full programme of events for the 2025 Heritage Transport Festival (22nd - 27th July) can now be downloaded as a pdf here:...
There was one at the nearby Cardinal Brewery as photographed in May 1983. I'm unaware of its current status. Ray. [ATTACH]
I was surprised to see IMR No.4 Loch appear at Port Erin yesterday running bunker first. Apparently it has been turned to face Douglas for a David...
See https://www.zoopla.co.uk/house-prices/llynclys/street/sy10-8af/ Third one down. Ray.
As, hopefully, the photos below show, Douglas workshops continue to turn out high quality work. Last Tuesday Saloon carriage F32 returned to the...
As one of the group who repainted Efficient over 50 yrs ago I can say that we copied the original Barclay paintwork exactly having taken tracings...
...... and a reminder of what Hornet looked like when it left NCB Bersham in Oct.1983. Ray. [ATTACH]
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