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  1. Ooh! I'm normally a GWR person, but I already own a C class and could be tempted by one of these. I'm not very knowledgeable about SR liveries - are any of the offered choices suitable for a layout set (roughly) in the 1930s? Possibly #1437?
  2. Hello, I recently happened across a photograph on the Rail Photoprints website which has left me a little curious: https://railphotoprints.uk/p769364556/h2E05C9F5#h2e05c9f5 The photo shows an E Class loco, No. 31159, being used as a stationary boiler. According to the caption, the location is Stewarts Lane shed and the date is August 1959, which I find a little surprising - a few initial searches suggest that No. 31159 was first withdrawn from service in 1951, and I've not come across many examples of engines surviving that long as stationary boilers. I did wonder if the caption was incorrect, but I've been unable to find further information or indeed any other photos. (On the other hand, it's not without precedent - IIRC, there was a D Class which was used as a stationary boiler at Ramsgate, and survived until the late 1950s or early 1960s?) I also note from the photo that No. 31159 seems to be in unusually good condition for a stationary boiler, with all the wheelsets and the smokebox number plate intact. Therefore I would be very interested to hear from anybody who can clear up the mystery/provide more information about No. 31159's use as a stationary boiler - how long did it actually survive there, and where/when was it finally scrapped?
  3. Hi all, I'm currently undertaking some academic research which focuses, in part, on the development of British Railways in the 1950s and 1960s. As part of that research, I've been trying to track down a full transcript of the speech given by R.F. Hanks at the formal unveiling of No. 92220 "Evening Star" in March 1960. So far I have found this one: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1243/jile_proc_1959_049_048_02?journalCode=jila but much of it appears to be locked behind a paywall. Does anybody know of an alternative source? Best, Sam
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