NER Y7 1310 on Middleton Railway news

[Rlangham]

Nice photograph of the progress on the Middleton Railway's H class/Y7 at the bottom of the page here;

http://c9425687.myzen.co.uk/MRT/index.p ... Itemid=130

[richard]

Taking shape - and looking much better than when I was there a few years back!


Richard

[Rlangham]

Would be great to see 1310 and 985 together some time - anyone know if they have ever met in preservation?

[Blink Bonny]

Bless - reminds me of the old Tri-ang Nellie. I always wanted to see it in steam and never did until recently.

Middleton Railway - keep up the good work!

[52D]

BB istr that Nellie was based on an LSWR design. The class had been made from redundant railmotor power units.

[Blink Bonny]

Ah, that explains Nellie's large dome.

Still, not unlike a Nellie to the 6 year old when he first saw her. Funnily enough, my Nellie vanished shortly afterwards...

Took me 30 years to get another. This time in Somerset and Dorset blue. (deep sigh)

[manna]

G'Day Gents

BB, probably wouldn't take to much work to turn it into a Y7, take off the dome, chop the back off and shorten the chassis a bit, it would give a passable loco, if you turned around and squinted !!!!

manna

[Blink Bonny]

Nah, my eyesight isn't that bad!

Each to his own....