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Daffodils and Easter wishes
May the angels protect you, may the sadness forget you, may goodness surround you and may your God always bless you. The budding trees, the new flowers, and birds that sing, whisper to me that it's Easter. Here is wishing a warmth for your soul on Easter & always!
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Talking Stock #26 The four Urie G16 large tanks
I have a bit of a soft spot for all large tank locomotives and a number of classes of large tanks existed on the Southern Railway such as the H16 4-6-2T, W 2-6-4T, the Z class 0-8-0T that I featured in my Talking Stock# 19 post here and the topic of this post the G16 … Continue reading Talking Stock #26 The four Urie G16 large tanks
Talking Stock #18 Drummond’s T14 Class 4-6-0 he had to get one almost right…
I mentioned in my Talking Stock # 17 Drummond’s 4-4-0s more than just T9s!, that whilst Drummond had managed some successful 4-4-0 designs his various 4-6-0’s for the London South Western Railway (LSWR) were somewhat more variable in performance. This was quite worrying as increased passenger loading, the requirement for faster schedules and in general … Continue reading Talking Stock #18 Drummond’s T14 Class 4-6-0 he had to get one almost right…
Talking Stock #17 Drummond’s 4-4-0s more than just T9s!
Dugald Drummond joined the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) in 1895 as Locomotive Engineer, succeeding William Adams (see my Talking Stock # 14 post here) having previously worked for the North British Railway, London Brighton & South Coast Railway and the Caledonian Railway. His title changed to Chief Mechanical Engineer in January 1905 and he … Continue reading Talking Stock #17 Drummond’s 4-4-0s more than just T9s!