mailtrain

What a wonderful story, and a wonderful dog!

dog is human's best friend! I like this photo&story,and I will remember oweny.

great story :-)

Aaah what a great story :-)

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Almost Anything BRIDGES COMP... Get entering., and we'd love to have this added to the group!

LNWR Mail train at Euston c1900


It's 1395 Archimedes, a Webb Dreadnought class divided drive compound. Note the large cylinder-head cover above the buffer beam.

She was built at Crewe in 1886 and scrapped in 1904.

Info from John Whitaker abpr

Handsome engines but prone to slipping. You can't see it in the
picture but these were actually 2-2-2-0 not 2-4-0. The drivers were
uncoupled. If one pair of drivers slipped it lost that one's share of
adhesive weight and the other pair slipped almost immediately.

info from Christopher A Lee abpr

Thanks to the knowledgeable folk at alt.binaries.pictures.rail

I think this is dated 1926, and is probably taken during the General Strike. It looks like it says 5/4/26, which makes it the 4th May 1926, second day of the strike.

Coach behind engine has "Manchester" sign on it. so it's probably Euston station

Thanks all, for your research and comments. We will add the date and station information to the data and reload the description.

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called LIFE ON THE RAILWAYS, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

a beautiful locomotive,

it looks like the one on the turtable in the great hall at NRM. YORK

The location is Lochinvar (not Lockinvar). I have added a new tag but you need to remove the incorrect tag and also correct the photo title. Robert

Robert Quite right! Thanks for picking that up, we'll update our info. AB