Prototype Photos from the sixties.

[Quintus]

In my youth I was not a great photographer, and with only very basic equipment many of my efforts were mostly disappointing.
I have digitised a handful that were worth doing, and I suppose as every photo is unique, I have posted a few here, mostly taken 1960 - 62.
At this time, many top link locos could be seen in a good state of cleanliness.

 

[Pannier Tank]

Some excellent photographs.

46255 City of Hereford at Shrewsbury in pristine condition, probably on a ex-works 'running' turn.

 

[Penrhos1920]

What’s that on the side of 4087’s smokebox?

 

[Dog Star]

What’s that on the side of 4087’s smokebox?

This engine has a four row superheat boiler so the boxes on the side of the smokebox could be part of an enhanced lubrication system... note what I take to be a mechanical lubricator below the steam pipe.

 

[Quintus]

Some excellent photographs.

46255 City of Hereford at Shrewsbury in pristine condition, probably on a ex-works 'running' turn.

6018 arrived hauling the train, and a change of engine produced 46255.
Unfortunately the King was not so clean!
Apologies again for the poor quality of the photograph.

 

[Quintus]

On the subject of King's, this was Plymouth North Road.

 

[Quintus]

And Warships!
Bristol T.M.

 

[Alan]

More Warships please.

 

[simond]

I installed an after engine room oil cooler on HMS Liverpool as an undergrad.

Does that count?

 

[Quintus]

Here's a nice shiny new one called Triumph, I thought that was a motorbike!
Newton Abbot






And a slightly different one

 

[Alan]

That's more like it

 

[Quintus]

These two photos were taken during a visit to Crewe. Note the ex GWR siphon behind the Scot.

 

[Compton castle]

Wonderful, 4087 has a Davies and Metclafe mechanical lubricator fitted.
Love the shot of the South Wales Pullman

 

[Quintus]

One of Cantons Brittannias, Shooting Star, first at Salisbury, and next hurtling towards the Severn Tunnel on an up express.

 

[Quintus]

Another Warship, D812 on a demolition train travelling Northwards from Stalbridge (S&DJR)
The train is about to pass from Dorset to Somerset under Boundary Bridge, which survives .

 

[MoatLane]

Wadebridge on a wet August day in 1966, Padstow -- Bodmin Road train

 

[MoatLane]

On the same day, the railcar is 'taking water' at Bodmin Road, Warship approaching on the Down main

 

[MoatLane]

Wadebridge again, with the object of the trip, the Wenford Bridge clay train for which I had a brakevan pass that day

 

[MoatLane]

I'm afraid the quality only gets worse! The shunter runs round clay empties at Boscarne Junction

 

[D869Zest]

An interesting photo of the clay at Wadebridge with slate powder Presflos in the background. I had assumed the clay trains would run around at Boscarne by 1966 and avoid visiting Wadebridge but I guess I assumed wrong.