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3217 & 3440

Discussie in 'Steam Traction' gestart door neildimmer, 4 jun 2013.

  1. neildimmer

    neildimmer Resident of Nat Pres

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    I have now added photos of the 2 preserved GWR outside frame locos
    3217 Earl of Berkeley
    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/GWR-Outside-frame-locos/3217/29808847_J47vCr#!i=2555248439&k=5wDWJBq
    3217 Earl of Berkeley & 3440 City of Truro together at Didcot
    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/GWR-Outside-frame-locos/3217/29808847_J47vCr#!i=2555248565&k=7Q8vK3h
    3440 City of Truro York Railfest 2003
    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/GWR-Outside-frame-locos/3217/29808847_J47vCr#!i=2555248965&k=HdPQjcr

    Full collection
    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/GWR-Outside-frame-locos/3217/29808847_J47vCr#!i=2555248360&k=pd52w5N

    Neil
     
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    Thanks Tom for the locations and approx. date
    I have updated the captions

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    Actually looking more closely, the middle one is Horsted Keynes, not SP.

    When I get a chance I'll look up the exact date for the c dog, but it was ca. 1972ish. It ran like that because the Dukedog's own tender leaked like a sieve but the engine ran, whereas the C class wasn't running but had a good tender - hence the two working bits were cobbled together to make one working, albeit hybrid, loco! As if 3217 wasn't already enough if a hybrid...

    Tom
     
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    Must of been some task, connecting a GWR loco to a SE&CR tender. The fittings/connections/pipework must be totally different. Not to mention any footplate height difference.
     
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