If only things had been different

[Tom Quayle]

A what might of been from the world of fantisey but I wounder what it looks like on a 90 lol

[Tom Quayle]

lol 20 minutes work and there you have it going to start the 90 now lol

[tommyd49]

Do you mean if the ECML had 90's on in the 1930s or if the LNER still ran the ECML today?

[richard]

I think Tom meant the LNER on the ECML today.

Perhaps a more interesting what-if would be: What if Raven's mainline electrification plans got the go-ahead?
If it proved successful, Gresley would have probably extended the scheme to King's Cross, enabling non-stop runs to Newcastle.

No A4s, but the possibility of some state-of-the-art (for the 30s!) electric trains, perhaps with Bugatti styling?


Richard

[Bullhead]

The British Transport Commission's 1955 report "Modernisation and Re-Equipment of British Railways" envisaged the electrification of the ECML between King's Cross and Doncaster, Leeds and (possibly) York. There's a PDF copy available at http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/listing.php - see paragraph 43.

[Green Arrow]

There would have been no Standard's, I'll say that.

A curse for every large blessing.

[Tom Quayle]

Yeah but if things had devloped the same way imagine a 9f with LNER on the temder side or a Britannia or 71000 in Apple Green

[richard]

Well no, because they were BR Standards. If Nationalisation hadn't occurred, there would not have been a big national standardisation programme by Riddles. Peppercorn or his predecessor would have probably developed his own "standards" but they are much more likely to have resembled existing LNER locomotives than LMS ones...

According to Bonavia's book, LNER management were actively considering types of motive power in the post war period, and already understood that diesel was the future. (oil burning steam engines were also considered)


Richard