LMS Princess class

Probably the penultimate of Stanier's designs was the

Princess class of Locomotives. Built for the Euston to

Glasgow service on the West Coast main line

 

Very much an LMS man Midland 2P

Don't know how successful these were on The S&D

It was of course a joint venture between the LMS &

the Southern Railway

 

For those who loved the Titanic picture

I have many happy memories of Southampton having

worked for the P&O at sea for some fifteen years

 

 

Same place as Titanic but of course a new Queen

Strines cutting and the portal

It was a massive feat of engineering

I believe Queensbury tunnel is the Longest

deepest tunnel in England. The massive work

of digging through Illingworth moor through

to Queensbury is nearly two miles. The depth at

Strines cutting is some 60ft so the depth within

can be imagined from this picture.

 

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The Queensbury Lines

Some contributions from one of our

readers.

many thanks to Jack Teasdale

 

Festiniog from and unknown author

Return form major overhaul

 

 

Such are the problems with narrow gauge

 

But great to see the work behind the scenes

 

Livingstone Thompson

 

Snowdon Mountain railway

Rack and pinion

 

 

Sadly not steam on this day

 

But a celebration of preservation non the less