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What a shame that this is such a poor negative not because I regard it as a favoured engine type but because original images of this class seem to be thin on the ground. Robinson L 2-6-4T 5344 is depicted at Neasden on 6th May, 1937.
What a shame that this is such a poor negative not because I regard it as a favoured engine type but because original images of this class seem to be thin on the ground. Robinson L 2-6-4T 5344 is depicted at Neasden on 6th May, 1937.
LNER and predecessors' motive power
Old Pix Brought to the Fore
This all-Pullman train has brought Gresley A1 pacific 4475 Flying Fox to an unlikely locaion on April 27th 1938 as a Newmarket racegoers special rounds the curve eastwards from Coldham Junction north of Cambridge. 4475 was upgraded to A3 status in 1947 and was subsequently numbered 60106 under the BR regime. I was privileged to be a passenger behind Flying Fox in May 1964 when it hauled the Doncaster out and back legs of a railtour to York and Darlington.Previous | Next5773 was a Parker designed N5 0-6-2T for the GCR and was withdrawn from Retford(GC) shed in1955 whilst bearing the BR number 69313.

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