Several issues of of 1960 Trains Illustrated and Railway Mag .
Yes ,2-10-0s steel to copper on the first overhaul by BR.
Shorted of staff was the main problem Not many 15/16 year olds wanted a dirty job ,money not that good until they got a few firing turns in ,...
I think they had a few 2-10-0 during the war .But plenty of 2-8-0 s during BR days ,I recon about 50 .Just down the road at March a further 40- 50...
No ,Fawley oil Refinery .Large expansion planned for the early 1950s
The last BR shed to withdraw WD 2-8-0S was. 55E NormantonI paid a visit there in October 1967 ,it closed a few weeks later. I got permission to go...
Thanks for that,I wonder where they worked to.
It would have been no big deal to send a loco from Scotland to the S R for tests .Steel fire boxes were replaced by copper in very earley BR days...
It was probably the same as my Father s ,a driver at Kettering when he was given a WD 2-8-0 to work a Storefield to West Hartlepool fully fitted...
Wern't they 2-10-0 S. A bit later than 1949. On trial to see if 9Fs would be suitable for the Southern.
Very interesting have you the numbers of these loco's. Only loco's fitted with the Hudd AWS system were allowed on the London and Tilbury .14A...
Its 230D9 on loan from Mulhouse,it was at St Vallery for the 2016 event. It ran along the duel gauge track.to Noyelles.I 'm wondering if the duel...
As a matter of interest 60152/60/61 were transferred to 66A Polamadie in the early 1950s. I noted all three on a visits to 66A. On enquiring what...
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