Gresley A3's in the early 1960's

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Gresley A3's in the early 1960's

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Hi All

I have added the first of 3 lots of Gresley A3 photos taken in the mid 1960's, including an A3 on a coal train

60065 Knight of the Thistle unknown location on a coal train
http://www.steamlocomotives.photos.gb.n ... 19597.html
60038 Firdaussi on the Thames Clyde Express unknown location
http://www.steamlocomotives.photos.gb.n ... 19601.html
60039 Sandwich Kings Cross
http://www.steamlocomotives.photos.gb.n ... 19598.html
60043 Brown Jack
http://www.steamlocomotives.photos.gb.n ... 19604.html
60044 Melton
http://www.steamlocomotives.photos.gb.n ... 19602.html
60046 Diamond Jubilee Kings Cross
http://www.steamlocomotives.photos.gb.n ... 19599.html
60046 Diamond Jubilee
http://www.steamlocomotives.photos.gb.n ... 19608.html
60049 Galtee More (unknown locations)
http://www.steamlocomotives.photos.gb.n ... 19607.html
http://www.steamlocomotives.photos.gb.n ... 19612.html
60051 Blink Bonny (unknown location)
http://www.steamlocomotives.photos.gb.n ... 19606.html
60054 Manna unknown location & Potters Bar
http://www.steamlocomotives.photos.gb.n ... 19600.html
http://www.steamlocomotives.photos.gb.n ... 19610.html
60056 Centenary (unknown location)
http://www.steamlocomotives.photos.gb.n ... 19603.html
60059 Tracery passes 60157 Great Eastern Doncaster
http://www.steamlocomotives.photos.gb.n ... 19609.html
60059 Tracery (unknown location)
http://www.steamlocomotives.photos.gb.n ... 19611.html

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Neil - attempts at a couple of the locations:

60038 Firdaussi on the Thames Clyde Express unknown location http://www.steamlocomotives.photos.gb.n ... 19601.html
Glasgow St Enoch I think

60054 Manna unknown location
http://www.steamlocomotives.photos.gb.n ... 19600.html -
same spot as 60014 in A4s pt 1 (orig id'd as 60004: http://www.steamlocomotives.photos.gb.n ... 07970.html)
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I agree with 61070 re Firdaussi, Glasgow St. Enoch.

The pictures identified as 60054 Manna - that is either 60054 or it is Manna, it can't be both because 60054 was Prince of Wales.

60059 Trascery unknown location, looks like an up train coming under a bridge I stood on many times, about 1/4 mile south of Greenwood Box. The location is often called ' Hadley Woods' but the station is between the two Hadoley tunnels and this spot is before them.
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Flamingo wrote:I agree with 61070 re Firdaussi, Glasgow St. Enoch.

The pictures identified as 60054 Manna - that is either 60054 or it is Manna, it can't be both because 60054 was Prince of Wales.

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Going by details on this very forum
http://www.lner.info/locos/A/a1a3a10.shtml
(scroll down to names at bottom of page)
60054 clearly states Manna

also 60085 is Manna too!!!

Which is correct?

Went into Wikipedia Manna renamed Prince of Wales!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LN ... ocomotives

Neil
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Centenary is at Welwyn Garden City

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neildimmer wrote:
Flamingo wrote:I agree with 61070 re Firdaussi, Glasgow St. Enoch.

The pictures identified as 60054 Manna - that is either 60054 or it is Manna, it can't be both because 60054 was Prince of Wales.

.

Going by details on this very forum
http://www.lner.info/locos/A/a1a3a10.shtml
(scroll down to names at bottom of page)
60054 clearly states Manna

also 60085 is Manna too!!!

Which is correct

Neil
In a way, both are, but that refernce table is a bit misleading. 60054 was never called Manna in BR numbering. The first name carried by the engine when it was built as LNER A1 no. 2553 was Manna, but it was very soon renamed Prince of Wales. I think the name Manna was only carried for a few months in about 1925 or 1926 and was changed to mark a visit by the PoW to Doncaster Works or somewhere on the LNER system. The name Manna was later given to another engine which became BR 60085. So if the picture shows 60054 then it is not Manna, and likewise if the picture shows Manna then it is not 60054.

Picture ref 19612 Galtee More, that could be a down train approaching Hadley South tunnel and just passing the spot where Greenwood Box used to be before the line was widened to 4 tracks in the mid-1950s.
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Flamingo wrote:
neildimmer wrote:
Flamingo wrote:I agree with 61070 re Firdaussi, Glasgow St. Enoch.

The pictures identified as 60054 Manna - that is either 60054 or it is Manna, it can't be both because 60054 was Prince of Wales.

.

Going by details on this very forum
http://www.lner.info/locos/A/a1a3a10.shtml
(scroll down to names at bottom of page)
60054 clearly states Manna

also 60085 is Manna too!!!

Which is correct

Neil
In a way, both are, but that refernce table is a bit misleading. 60054 was never called Manna in BR numbering. The first name carried by the engine when it was built as LNER A1 no. 2553 was Manna, but it was very soon renamed Prince of Wales. I think the name Manna was only carried for a few months in about 1925 or 1926 and was changed to mark a visit by the PoW to Doncaster Works or somewhere on the LNER system. The name Manna was later given to another engine which became BR 60085. So if the picture shows 60054 then it is not Manna, and likewise if the picture shows Manna then it is not 60054.

Thanks for clearing that up
Captions now changed

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The unknown location with the coal train-is it Ferry Fryston on the Castleford-York line?It seems very familiar.
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Now,now guy's lets hope all this confusion isnt upsetting, especialy for our good friend Manna, :? "You know its summer in Australia when the heat makes you see double !"

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http://www.steamlocomotives.photos.gb.n ... 19608.html

Diamond Jubilee possibly on the down main coming away from New Barnet into Hadley Woods?

Re. Centenary at WGC, note also the back of the northbound local turning out onto the down main for the two track section over Digswell Viaduct and on to Woolmer Green.
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giner wrote:http://www.steamlocomotives.photos.gb.n ... 19608.html
Re. Centenary at WGC, note also the back of the northbound local turning out onto the down main for the two track section over Digswell Viaduct and on to Woolmer Green.
Was the "slow line" north designated a goods line, so that all passenger trains would be turned out? Presumably this would allow goods trains to "queue up" in the section on the approach to Digswell, to wait for their path through the double track?

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giner wrote:http://www.steamlocomotives.photos.gb.n ... 19608.html

Diamond Jubilee possibly on the down main coming away from New Barnet into Hadley Woods?
That was my first thought based on the curve, but I don't think it's right for New Barnet. Looks a bit too countrified and if it was New Barnet the gasworks should be visible on the left hand side of the curve.
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chaz harrison wrote:
giner wrote:http://www.steamlocomotives.photos.gb.n ... 19608.html
Re. Centenary at WGC, note also the back of the northbound local turning out onto the down main for the two track section over Digswell Viaduct and on to Woolmer Green.
Was the "slow line" north designated a goods line, so that all passenger trains would be turned out? Presumably this would allow goods trains to "queue up" in the section on the approach to Digswell, to wait for their path through the double track?

Chaz
Good question, chaz. Maybe some of our ex-employee members might have the answer to that one. I don't know if it was actually "designated" as such, but it seems an entirely reasonable use for that stretch of the down slow.
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Flamingo wrote:
giner wrote:http://www.steamlocomotives.photos.gb.n ... 19608.html

Diamond Jubilee possibly on the down main coming away from New Barnet into Hadley Woods?
That was my first thought based on the curve, but I don't think it's right for New Barnet. Looks a bit too countrified and if it was New Barnet the gasworks should be visible on the left hand side of the curve.
Yes, true enough, Flamingo. I dove in too quickly on that one. On viewing the photo at 200% there seems to be a small station or something to the right rear of the train. So I'm stumped.
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