Hush Hush

[manna]

G'Day Gents
Hush Hush at Ipswich

[book law]

Wasn't there certain section in which No.10000 could not go on because (I think it was) it was too wide.?

[manna]

G'Day Gents
This and other photo's has made me think about the GE, bridges etc not allowed to run Pacific's to heavy, then 'ear comes a 'wacking' great W1 pounding up the track, special dispensation and a 5mph speed limit would get it through, but how many bridges are we talking about
manna

[Bryan]

Might not have been too heavy.
What was the axleload of the the loco compared to others?

[brsince78]

Just ordered this new book on the subject.
http://www.transportdiversions.com/publ ... pubid=6679
Looks promising. I will provide a (brief) review when I get it.

[Deepol]

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=21942
Film that Deepol posted stills from. An 0-6-2T passes in the background when shes being turned.

Very many thanks for that link. You can see in my pic the Pathe cameraman filming her on the turntable.

[Saint Johnstoun]

What did others think of the William Brown book? I thought it was a bit too technical and bland for the average reader.

[Deepol]

An Australian contact sent me this photo of an excellent model of her in grey. Does anyone know where this might be found?

[61962]

North Road Station Museum - Darlington - Now known as 'Head of Steam'

http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Leisure/he ... fsteam.htm

Beautiful model in 1/12th scale. Was for a long time in the Central Library in Darlington before being transferred to North Road.

Eddie

[Deepol]

Thanks Eddie, much appreciated.

[2512silverfox]

Do we have any idea of the provenance? Was it produced by the railway workshops and if so when was it last refurbished - if ever!

[Coronation Scot]

Just saw this photo on ebay in an "Illustrated London News", Sat 11th Jan 1930.



The mag is a bit pricey, but here's the link if anyone is intersted, on a Buy-it-Now...
http://cgi.ebay.com/1930-ILLUSTRATED-LO ... 53e811b954

[skipness]

Many thanks for posting the link to her being turned. I've seen this on TV on various programmes over the years.

How different things were in the thirties. Not a single hi-vis vest visible, and all sorts of media types running over the tracks in long coats and carying cameras and tripods. I suppose mobile phone hacking by the press wasn't around in those days.

[Streaker]

I used to look at the model as a child growing up in Darlington and my recollection of the model then in Darlington Museum was that it said it had been produced by the Works....but that was nearly 50 years ago and my memory might be a little awry!

[Dave]

I met by chance Bill Brown today at the NRM, who wrote the book on the hush hush loco and remembering this thread I asked him about the colour of the loco, he said that the colour was lead grey with a little bit of black (and only a little bit) plus turpentine and several coats of lacquer. He states that when the LNER were producing a poster of the loco, Gresley sent a memo to the publicity department stating the make up of the colour so they could get it right. This memo is in the NRM.
The green version came about from the art department of a boys comic of the day assuming the loco would be standard LNER green.

Bill said he gave all the info to L. H. Loveless and his model is an exact replica of the livery hush hush carried.