The Loco You'd Love To Put A Match To

Aerolite

 

Livingston Thompson

 

Well if we're talking narrow gauge - Fire Queen - with a railway to run her on, plus a recreation of one of the Hunslet 0-6-0s that replaced her

Steve B

 

William Francis, Cornwall, Columbine, Hardwicke, Aerolite, 1621, Cecil Raikes, the Caledonian single, the Jones Goods, Gordon Highlander, and Glen Douglas. If I had to narrow it down to one, the Caley single would win every time.

 

A class 70, even better if theirs a pair of them.

 

You hardly need a match with a class 70, they seem to go up all right of their own accord!

Tom

 

Duchess of Hamilton.

 

I would love to see a LMS Garratt again BUT I doubt if current track standards could tolerate such a behemoth - let alone certify it for the main line.

 

Are their nicknames, "Vesta's" by any chance?..........

Personally, I'd like to put a match to any of this modern day muck that runs on petroleum distillate....... and the mobile transformers too!

As for chucking a match in the firebox of a steam loco. no preference what so ever....... I'm just grateful for what we've got, even if some OD on Brasso.......

 

Restore: Taff Vale #28 or London, Tilbury & Southend #80 Thundersley

Recreate: Taff Vale C Class 4-4-2T - beautiful locomotives.

 

Brighton Baltic 'Rememberance'

 

Where to start? Very appreciative of what we have but N & W 2156, 232U1 and for home consumption 4771.

 

Very nice.

 

GCR 9Q (LNER B7) - so long as I'm not firing her!

http://www.lner.info/locos/B/b7.shtml

 

Both Pictures Source: Wikipedia

 

That LSWR395 class doesn't half look like a J15. Obviously not identical but at first glance...I'd like M&GN 50. The boiler has been spirited away somewhere for unknown purposes. I live in hope (but not expectation) that a random millionaire is building a M&GN C Class as we speak

 

In service on the East Lancs

My choice would be all four surviving USA tanks in steam in the same place at the same time.

 

I have this strange affiliation for the sowjer (Gordon Highlander) Id also love to see the Jones goods steam. I do hope it'll happen one day I wont MOAN if dosn't happen though ;-)

 

I'm hoping I live long enough to see' Beachy Head' and the Saint ( running as an Atlantic) as I've never seen an Atlantic in steam.