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mystery loco
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2014 3:56 pm
by widnesian
Hi everyone, got a question, can anyone ID this loco, I think it,s a D5, not totally sure. It shows a Manchester - Liverpool express passing Farnworth (Widnes) about 1910, can you help
rhanks, Richie
Re: mystery loco
Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 1:49 pm
by Bill Bedford
The number of the buffer beam seems to end in 77, which would make the loco class 11A(D6) number (5)877
Re: mystery loco
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2014 9:33 pm
by widnesian
That is absolutely brilliant, many,many thanks
Re: mystery loco
Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 10:37 pm
by widnesian
one last thing on this subject, I think I heard somewhere or read it in a book, did they have the nickname greyhounds, I could be completely wrong and got it all mixed up but it does ring a bell
Re: mystery loco
Posted: Thu May 21, 2015 12:13 pm
by Hucknall Central
The Drummond T9 (same wheel configuration) of the LSWR WAS known as a Greyhound for obvious reasons; never heard of this soubriquet given to any GCR loco.
Re: mystery loco
Posted: Thu May 21, 2015 2:55 pm
by widnesian
thank you, I knew there had been a class of loco's with that nickname, just got mixed up