Most influential railway engines

[mcfcinprague]

The fantastic "Black Five". 842 built, most of them not far from Manchester -:

• LMS Crewe Works (241)
• LMS Derby Works (54)
• LMS Horwich Works Bolton(120)
• Vulcan Foundry Earlestown(100)
• Armstrong Whitworth (327)

They were there until the end, 11 August 1968

The image is at Manchester Victoria. Victoria/Exchange was a great place for spotting back in the day. And it had the longest platform in the world at the time.

 

[mcfcinprague]

Coronation Class by Sir Willuam Stanier, beautiful locomotive. My all time favourite when train spotting in a field near Hartford and Greenbank station.
View attachment 124234Duchess of Sutherland - 6233.

My favourite loco. They were awesome. Loved seeing them at Crewe and Warrington Bank Quay in my younger spotting days. Thankfully preservation came and we can still see this glorious loco on the main line today.

 

[RadcliffeRick]

Slightly off topic but Besses O' The Barn was unique on the BR network as being the only station with a mixed case sign!

View attachment 124619

Happy days, get off the train there then straight to the Mayfair cinema.

 

[stonerblue]

Happy days, get off the train there then straight to the Mayfair cinema.

For a pint

 

[RadcliffeRick]

For a pint

In the junction?

 

[stonerblue]

In the junction?

No. They had a little bar in the pictures .
Apologies, don't wanna derail the thread...

 

[RadcliffeRick]

No. They had a little bar in the pictures .
Apologies, don't wanna derail the thread...

Ahhh, a JCL :-) that was when they changed it to two screens. Happy days :-)

 

[AliBobbyJ]

City of Truro. First to get to 100 mph. 190- something.

(And reportedly would have been faster as it came down Honiton Bank in Devon if some platelayers hadn't been walking in its way.)