The smell. The noise. The steam. I'm a child again waiting at Birmingham's Snow Hill for a steam train to take me on an excursion. Happy memories. I saw The Rocket at London's Science Museum before it was moved. I was totally in awe, and touched it as if it was a holy relic! It took the rest of the day before I calmed down...even now, years later, I still get excited by the memory! I guess I'm more of a nerd than I admit.
Of course, British Railways back then, banned steam engines running on their mainlines in 1968 until it was lifted in 1971, when King George V, because the first steam locomotive to run on British Railways once again. Of course, Flying Scotsman was the only steam locomotive to run on the network until she left for America in 1969.
It’s interesting to see Pendennis Castle 10 years before being sold to our Australian Iron Ore mega mining company , Hammersley iron in 1977 being shipped to Australia via Sydney on the East coast before being sent to the West coast in Northern Western Australia and was used on The company’s standard gauge tracks on special occasions by employees before the company sold it back to the UK in 2000 for the Didcot railroad? as they thought this was the right thing to do because of its heritage and importance, so the loco has certainly had a unique travelling experience in its time!
Wonderful to see how far the Heritage Railway movement has come since those early pioneering days in late 1960's - and 4472 / 60103 back in full steam again in 2021!!
it looks like March East Junction where the 'scotsman is being watered .There certainly were playing fields there and a similar footbridge in the late 60s!
I DO like trains, especially steam trains but I have never ever wanted to drive one. Frankly, sitting at the leading end of something that heavy travelling that fast with that much momentum with no way to swerve or stop is the stuff of nightmares as far as I'm concerned!
I’ve never understood the appeal of those old tanks, I remember steam trains in service in the early 60’s somewhere in the UK, unsure where, might have been in 1962 when my late mother was expecting, couldn’t stand that chocking cloud of smoke, electric and diesel trains were much nicer and cleaner to travel in.
weather you like it or not- electric locos and trains revolutionized our railway network !! steam was and still is expensive ,dirty and VERY inefficient - thats why BR got rid !!
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