Chipmaster

If SweeneyTod1 can read this from near the Cairngorms, you would be very welcome to pop in and see the real Queen Anne, on the Strathspey Railway, especially now that the model is out. Sent from near the Cairngorms.

http://whiskyshunters.blogspot.com The latest entry to this blog has some very nice historical colour photos of 265618 Queen Anne at Longmorn distillery.

Cctransuk If you look up the Irchester Narrow Gauge Railway Trust, you can see ED10, still on 3' 0" ft track, looking extremely well cared for, unlike the sorry state of the standard gauge 48ds at Astley Green. I thought from your post you were saying they were one and the same loco, many apologies if I misunderstood you.

The Rosebridge and Ince Hall Wagon Works 48ds no 244580, of 1946, and currently at Astley Green, is a very different locomotive to ED10, which was supplied to Beeston Sleeper works new in 1958 no 411322, and is now at Irchester Narrow Gauge Railway Trust.

As one of the main restorers of Queen Anne, I offer the following observations about the new Hornby model. The roof shows three rows of prominent rivets. There is no central row and the fasteners are small bolt heads. Queen Anne has had no lifting eyes at the corners since at least 1951. There should be a cast plate on the chassis above the front left wheel. It bears the words Ms Longmorn Glenlivet Distillers Ltd. There should be an extra support bracket on the front sand pipes. The radiator filler tube looks too thin and tall. The cab has curtains, which hang on copper rings made for one of the whisky making processes. The Queen Anne whisky livery has black wheels with cream rims. Page 86 of Iron Rails and Whisky Trails has a photo in original green livery taken 1980. The engine cowlings were all cut off and replaced with a plain steel sheet, on which the QA whisky livery was applied, which is correctly shown on the model. It then was donated to Strathspey along with some closed wagons and brickwork. When the restoration is complete the loco will be as running at Longmorn, green with Ruston logos, proper engine cowls and all the little eccentricities applied at Longmorn.