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Re: Lea Valley Loco Mystery

Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2022 9:13 am
by Hatfield Shed
The N7 was allocated to Kings Lynn when that shed closed in 1959.

Perhaps this kind of move was in fashion at the time? Hatfield shed received N5 69266 for a few months in the summer of 1959. (I have a colour photo of 69266 just north of Hunter's bridge on the Hertford branch alongside Dawnay's steel yard, one of several industries in WGC then still rail served. )

Re: Lea Valley Loco Mystery

Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2022 1:19 pm
by Danby Wiske
I suspect the B17 didn't travel very far south - it was withdrawn on 23rd July and scrapped at Doncaster, according to Yeadon. Not sure what it was doing at Darlington though!

Re: Lea Valley Loco Mystery& others

Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2022 3:02 am
by rockinjohn
Hi all bit more of the 28XX mystery it started its train @ Tilbury(think we all thought Ripple Lane)Tilbury had WD 2-8-0's @ the time maybe eg" hey! Ted take one of the 2-8-0's we know the rest,the B17 mystery, Darlington did take a hand in works visits of this class, the drawings for the class came from there, a follow on from the "Shire"class, so a bit of a homecoming for those that went back along with the L1 tanks from the South for their Generals,maybe on arrival Darlington(bit late in the day for a general for the B17classmembers?& decided to withdraw the loco& being unable to sent it South to Doncaster for scraping,now TI would @ times put the class prefix in on reporting of movements if omitted by the reader,or maybe someone would also send in the wrong #& a correction in a following month be shown or was it........ 69894? a likely candidate not seen heading south, maybe it didn't thats why? jj