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Gresley A4 Pacifics

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  1. neildimmer

    neildimmer Resident of Nat Pres

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    I have added 5 new photos of Gresley A4 in the pre nationalisation era
    Starting here with
    2509 Silver Link hauling the 'Silver Jubilee'
    https://tinyurl.com/y2k2fb8a

    Neil
     
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    I have added new photos to the collections of Gresley’s A4 in the B.R. era
    This collection features 60001-60004
    Including this photo in early B.R. livery not sure which colour
    60001 Sir Ronald Matthews unknown location
    https://tinyurl.com/y5rcxon9
    New photos start here
    https://tinyurl.com/y2amp99n


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    Number 61 is an interesting photo. It was said on the platform end at KX around 1960 that if you hung around long enough at the right times you would see all the A4s except one --- 60004--- which had not been to London for years. Is there any truth in that?
     
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    I have added new photos to the collections of Gresley’s A4 in the B.R. era
    This collection features 60005-60007
    This collection also features now preserved 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley
    Including these 2 colour photos by Tony Gillett (with permission)
    4498 Sir Nigel Gresley Wigan N.W. 28/8/67
    https://tinyurl.com/y2dt8xfy
    4498 Sir Nigel Gresley Crewe South August 1967
    https://tinyurl.com/y3pdp4hd
    Full collection of new photos start here with

    60007 Sir Nigel Gresley arriving at Southall shed for railtour duty 23rd October 1965
    https://tinyurl.com/yye2pkw6

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    I have added new photos to the collections of Gresley’s A4 in the B.R. era
    This collection features 60008-60012 And includes 3 now preserved locos
    60008 Dwight D. Eisenhower at Potters Bar
    https://tinyurl.com/dqqujujx
    60009 Union of South Africa at York with the R.C.T.S. & S.L.S. The Jubilee Requiem 24th October 1964
    https://tinyurl.com/ygpshtvy
    60010 Dominion of Canada with 'The Elizabethan' at York
    https://tinyurl.com/xrf73sgl

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    99 / 101 = Aberdeen ?
     
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    I have added new photos to the collections of Gresley’s A4 in the B.R. era
    This collection features 60013-60019 and includes now preserved 60019
    60019 Bittern at Manchester Piccadilly with a William Deacon Bank Club A4 Tour 6th March 1966
    https://tinyurl.com/1hqkqtg3
    New photos start here with
    60014 Silver Link
    https://tinyurl.com/2tqfejfy

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    I have added new photos to the collections of Gresley’s A4 in the B.R. era
    This collection features 60020-60026 and includes now preserved 60022
    Including these photos of 60026 at Crewe works donating parts to the overhaul of Sir Nigel Gresley photos by Tony Gillett
    60026 Miles Beevor Crewe Works 7-8-67
    https://tinyurl.com/6nb30naa
    https://tinyurl.com/yjz82hlq
    also rail tour duty for Mallard again by Tony Gillett
    60022 Mallard at Blackpool North shed 30th September 1962 after working a ‘Northern Rubber Special’ (Tony Gillett)
    https://tinyurl.com/13kp37f7
    Full collection of new photos starts here with
    60024 Kingfisher at Perth
    https://tinyurl.com/1nmi68go

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    I have added new photos to the collections of Gresley’s A4 in the B.R. era
    This collection features 60027-60030
    7 new photos starting here with
    60027 Merlin looking a bit filthy on a Scottish Locomotive Preservation Fund rail tour 5th June 1965
    https://tinyurl.com/3w7cusvc

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    79/98 = Perth ?

    85/98 = Overton ?

    88/98 = Doncaster ?

    95/98 = Grantham
     
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    68/72. 60027 is at Galashiels.
     
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    91/98 = Kings Cross ?
    92/98 = Grantham ?
    98/98 = Newcastle - note Tyneside EMU in background
     
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    I have added 7 new photos of Gresley A4 Pacifics to the collection featuring 60001-60004
    Including 3 photo’s starting here of
    60004 William Whitelaw at Leeds with RCTS The Blythe & Tyne Rail Tour 19th September 1965
    https://tinyurl.com/39her54p

    New photos start here with
    60001 Sir Ronald Matthews at York
    https://tinyurl.com/23jm58cv

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    I have added some new photos to the collection of

    The A4 Locomotive Society Ltd 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley on tour on the Southern June 1967

    Including this one on Weymouth shed

    4498 Sir Nigel Gresley Weymouth shed after working The A4 Locomotive Society Ltd.No. 4498 'Sir Nigel Gresley' on tour on the 'Southern' 3rd & 4th June 1967 (2)

    https://tinyurl.com/5xuz3mr9


    6 new photos start here

    https://tinyurl.com/3zdjusax


    Neil


    https://tinyurl.com/5xuz3mr9
     
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    I have added new photos of Gresley A4 Pacifics to the collection featuring 60005-60007
    Including preserved 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley
    60007 Sir Nigel Gresley at Doncaster with LCGB 'The Mallard Commemorative Rail Tour' 6th July 1963
    https://tinyurl.com/r6wyy9s
    New photos start here with
    60005 Sir Charles Newton with a very mixed bag of stock unknown location
    https://tinyurl.com/3v4fwufd

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