52D wrote:I have a photograph of 2115's older sister S class No 754. The caption to the photograph says S class No 754 on shed at Alnmouth when new in 1909. Trouble is i dont think its either Alnmouth or Tweedmouth sheds can any one comment. I wonder if it is the NER shed at Haymarket?
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Checked my collection, and I believe the photo was taken at Alnmouth shed. Definitely not Haymarket.
Malcolm
The world is seldom what we wish it to be, but wishes don't change it.
Alas I must disagree, photos I have of Alnmouth show arched entrances not square and nothing built up at the point of the roof (don't know the technical term!). I have a picture of a T1 taken at the same place, but it does not say where it is, typical!
52A mentions that the entrance is wrong for Alnmouth and hes quite correct also it doesnt look like either of the straight sheds at Tweedmouth. It could be turning around on Tyneside to work back down the Mainline with a freight for Alnmouth maybe Blaydon or Heaton.
Hi interested in the area served by 52D. also researching colliery wagonways from same area.
Yes, I was a little too quick and not paying correct attention to details. After checking more photos I was wrong about Alnmouth. I looked through more photos and I don't think it's Gateshead. It's not Hull, nor Haymarket. I thought it might be York North, but the roof details don't quite match. I'll keep looking as I have some old photos of Scarborough and Blaydon (but I'm not so sure about Blaydon, and what would a S class be doing there?).
Malcolm
The world is seldom what we wish it to be, but wishes don't change it.
Sorry to be going back to an earlier post of mine i found the pic i had as a fave so i had to post it. Click pic for clear detail. I wonder who driver is he will be long gone now i should imagine.
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Hi interested in the area served by 52D. also researching colliery wagonways from same area.
Being far to young to have seen steam, and on the wrong side of the world, my choices are not from having seen many of the locos.
1) The Stiring Single - I love the story about Gresley sending for the drawings when having some teething trouble with the A1 boilers and saying something to the effect "they had no boiler to speak of but they steamed all right"
2) R.O.D. (O4). Just their rugged looks matched the amazing work they undertook. There are actually a couple of these machines here in Australia
3) GCR Directors. Particularly the Improved directors, apart from the proportions, I just love some of the names: The Laird of Balmawhapple, Luckie Mucklebackit and Wizard of the Moor.
Thought that I should have my 2 penerth worth My favourite is A4 2509 SLIVER LINK she must have looked magnificent when first introduced. I wish I could have seen her in all her glory but I have to make do with Sir Nigel.
Tonym
Real Trains Run on Steam and have LNER on the tender.
I could live with the "popular choice". My father in law's garden was up the hill from the Stratford (upon Avon) line in Birmingham. The line was out of sight in a cutting. One Sunday morning we were all out gardening when I heard the unmistakeable sound of "Green Arrow" working hard, passing below. I'm not sure any of the family believed that I could identify the loco just from a brief snatch of sound..........
However I would put in a plea for the Sandys. When I was little my father used to take me to Liverpool Street and they were the engines I remember. There is a picture in a family album somewhere of me, aged five or so, standing in front of 61634, so that's my choice. Shame nobody saved one.
G'day Martin,
The "Directors" you mention were actually built by the LNER, with lowered fittings for the Scottish Region to replace some aging NBR locos. They proved to be popular with the crews.
Paul.
Hucknall Central wrote:G'day Martin,
The "Directors" you mention were actually built by the LNER, with lowered fittings for the Scottish Region to replace some aging NBR locos. They proved to be popular with the crews.
Paul.
Yeah I know.... But apart from the names I love all the locos, D10, D11 and D11/2
TonyM said that he would have liked to seen A4 2509 Silver Link when new. I do not have a photograph of this locomotive for him, unfortunately. However, I do have the next best thing for him, which is a photograph of 2512 Silver Fox that was taken at Kings Cross shed on 8 July 1936 by my grandfather, Edgar Scales. Little did he know when he gave this photograph to his five year old grandson 73 years ago that we would all be able to enjoy it in 2009!
This photograph is shown below. I have posted this photograph previously, so some of you may be seeing it again.
