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A fine Line Up
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 1:58 pm
by Deepol
Not strictly the Passenger Loco but Locos at the Passenger in this old cutting from the loft. From the left 2746 Fairway with a goodly selection behind her, then 2598 Blenheim on a fairly lengthy train in the centre and on the right on I think the Flying Scotsman is possibly 2795 Call Boy. A brilliant scene I had forgotten I had.
Re: A fine Line Up
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 2:33 pm
by Iron Duke
Lovely evocative photograph - not an orange jacket in sight..........
Re: A fine Line Up
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 2:41 pm
by giner
Great photo, Deepol. Now that's a real railway. Funny thing, but I never did cop those three locos. I think that by the mid to late fifties they must have been confined to other distant parts of the country.
Re: A fine Line Up
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 2:47 pm
by Deepol
Blenheim and Call Boy were at Haymarket I would think by that time. I saw them a lot in the early 1960s. Fairway possibly was a Gateshead A3 in the late 50s/ early 60s.
Re: A fine Line Up
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 3:34 pm
by StevieG
Yep, very good, Deepol.
Also noting that this was back before platforms' 7/8 island was widened to a good width, because No.9 siding still existed in the main trainshed.
Re: A fine Line Up
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 9:24 am
by manna
G'Day Gents
Indeed a grand line up, with the lengths of today's trains, maybe some of the shorter platforms should be reintroduced, I always thought a two car Cravens looked a little odd, at the buffer stops.
manna