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NRM and Tank locos

Discussion in 'Steam Traction' started by arthur maunsell, Sep 16, 2010.

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    I don't think that is necessarily true. The map shows that there is rather more of the North of the British Isles than there is of the south! There is undoubtedly a little bit of bias because the LNER were far sighted enough to establish a museum - unlike the GWR (and I think the LMS) who cut up potential exhibits.
     
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    I've seen them all hauling passenger trains in the last few years:wink::wink: All except the J17, that is!
     
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    Would love to see the J17 hauling passenger services on the MNR or NNR
     
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    If it weren't for the NRM the selection of LNER locos and its constituents would be even worse, no GCR locos in preservation for a start. Us oop norf weren't lucky enough to have a Barry.
     
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    True, but as that obvious bias led to a bunch of schoolboys starting a fund in 1961 to preserve a 14xx, that eventually became the GWS etc etc might that have been in the end a good thing?
     
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    Rumour has it that Pope Benedict is in the UK mainly to Canonise those schoolboys....
     
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