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Bulleid Pacifics - Past or Present

Discussion in 'Steam Traction' started by 34007, May 13, 2008.

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  1. The Gricing Owl

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    Yes indeed Al; and Brian Smith from the Brighton Loco testing section was also on the footplate that day, and I was on the footpath at Wimbledon, my photo below.

    Bryan

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    Simply stunning at the ELR.
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    One word - Wow!

    Yes, she does look stunning, Ian. I expect to see many more photos from the weekend ;)
     
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    Seems very rare in preservation to see see any Bulleids with Devon Belle regalia and 34081 does looks fantastic.

    Edit: Just seen the post from the East Lancs Facebook and they believe it's the first time in preservation that full Devon Belle regalia has been carried by a loco.
     
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    My childhood spotting location under that tree just out of shot on the right......
     
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    A good example of when two colours go together well.
     
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    A magnificent sight.

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    Despite the fashion statement of "red and green must never be seen"... :D
     
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    I am certain that this is a preservation first.
     
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    And by happy coincidence the red and yellow of the Devon Belle regalia match the squadron colours of 92 (F) Squadron RAF.
     
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    Wow! indeed. Here’s another one from last night.
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    Looking rather fine, and would have certainly been a colourful sight in the post-war gloom.

    It seems odd that the full Belle regalia hasn't previously been fitted in preservation, but might it be because of a lack of appropriate fixtures on the deflectors? I note from archive photos that several originals pre-21C169/34069 have a strip along the top of the deflectors (possibly for the purpose of attaching the wing plates?), but not all of them - 34051 currently has them, while 34007 did have them, but doesn't now. I guess there's also the preponderance of BR green livery.
     
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    The last and only time I had a run behind 249 squadron was a long, long time ago on the 1.00 pm Waterloo to Plymouth between Woking and Salisbury. The leg from Woking to Andover was non stop and we ran the 42 miles in a very tidy 43 minutes. Somehow I think that 34073 isn't going to turn a wheel again and if it does it won't have much of what pulled me inside!
     
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    Here are 35009 and 34073 (along with 45293) at Barry, on November 16th 1985.

    35009 'SHAW SAVILL', 34073 '249 SQUADRON' and 45293, Woodham's, Barry, November 16th 1985.jpg
     
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    A question that probably fits into the bleeding obvious category, but are the protrusions on the air-smoothed locos either side of the smoke-box for smoke deflection?
     
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    Getting spammed at Bolton Street. 34081 waits with a train from Heywood to Rawtenstall while 34092 departs with a Bury to Ramsbottom shuttle. IMG_2673.jpeg
     
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    We had planned for 34081 to carry a Devon Belle headboard on the Sunday of Strictly Bulleid 2, indeed we had a generous loan of a suitable headboard, however sadly due to 34081 failing it was unable to happen. It was actually diagrammed for a couple of trips on the set with Car 14 so there would have been the rare opportunity of a photo of the headboard through an original Devon Belle observation car.
     
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