Which station, Which Loco?

2562 · Post by **2562** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 12:54 pm

Well I think this photo asks plenty of questions!
I'd normally say that the angle isn't great but I'd have loved to have been on that bridge to take it myself....

Station?
Loco?
Date?

and I have high hopes that one of you will spot something interesting in the photo that I haven't noticed.

52D · Post by **52D** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 2:45 pm

I think Its a V2 and if it is the one i think, the number is possibly 4795 built Darlo 12/37. The station suggests either former GCR or NBR.

stembok · Post by **stembok** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 3:23 pm

Not a V2, an A3 looking at the tender and the outside steam pipe covers and footplating. The tender is one of the later patterns without coal rails, possibly a 1928 pattern corridor tender, which, if so, would date the shot in LNER days to C1928-37. Last number of loco 5?? Can anyone enhance it? Location- guess - possibly somewhere on the GN or perhaps Scotland ?

jwealleans · Post by **jwealleans** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 3:38 pm

2595 (Trigo?)

52A · Post by **52A** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 4:21 pm

A3 with long travel valves.

stembok · Post by **stembok** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 4:29 pm

jwealleans: If 2595 is likely loco?, then 'Trigo' carried a high sided non-corridor tender no.5476 - as in photo - from 2/1930 until 10/1940, which would help a little with a time frame. She was a Gateshead engine during this period.

Flamingo · Post by **Flamingo** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 4:56 pm

Can't help re the station but definitely a left hand drive A3 with 2595 the most likely number after I sharpened it up a bit.

R. pike · Post by **R. pike** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 7:13 pm

I can't help with anything to do with the loco but i'm pretty sure the station is St Neots..

52D · Post by **52D** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 7:35 pm

Stand corrected should have noticed coal rails i will go with jwealans on the id perhaps r pike can confirm St Neots from his signal box drawings.

R. pike · Post by **R. pike** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 8:52 pm

None of my box diagrams help with identifying this location. The splitting signal in the background was abolished, along with the crossover, much earlier than anything i have except on this plan of 1922..

http://richard2890.fotopic.net/p61796270.html

and this shot i've just found..

http://gngen.fotopic.net/p46986711.html

and

http://gngen.fotopic.net/p55658027.html

52D · Post by **52D** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 9:12 pm

The barge boards on your two shots above match the ones in the loco pic the only thing i cant get my head round is where is the overbridge. Is it a station footbridge?

R. pike · Post by **R. pike** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 9:31 pm

The photo's are indeed taken from the station footbridge.

hq1hitchin · Post by **hq1hitchin** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 10:21 pm

I'm pretty certain it's St Neots, too (NX in telegraphic code). The Up refuge siding to the right of the picture would hold 46 SLU (standard wagon lengths) as I can remember measuring it out once - happy days, if it wasn't raining or snowing....

Bryan · Post by **Bryan** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 5:55 pm

Am I right in thinking 1 SLU = 21ft?

52A · Post by **52A** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 6:54 pm

Yes, spot on!

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