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1948 Borders floods
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:52 pm
by 52D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4qckell ... FR9iy1DoHt
Excellent short film of the repairs to the ECML after the 1948 flooding.
Re: 1948 Borders floods
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 8:47 pm
by drmditch
Many Thanks for the link.
Interesting to see the LNER livery of 1255. According to Yeadon it was a Heaton engine at the time
What was the Inspection coach ?
It looks as though it might have been in LNER teak paint.
Re: 1948 Borders floods
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 11:22 pm
by 52D
Other locos noted were a WD an A2 and a J37? plus a small Named industrial probably owned by Macalpines.
1255 was indeed a Heaton loco and very smart she looked in full LNER livery 8 months after the demise of the company. I think the inspection saloon belonged to the District Civil Engineer and thinking on i posted a pic of what could be the same coach behind a D20 at Berwick in the modelling thread.
Re: 1948 Borders floods
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 9:54 am
by 2512silverfox
The inspectioncoach was a purpose built vehicle completed only a short time before the washout happened. Photo of it is in Harris LNER Carriages.