Fat Controller Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 1 minute ago, Nearholmer said: That's Bognor, you can tell by the palm trees. Seriously though, thanks for that link, some good photos there. I was looking for Lynne's stepfather's horsebox in the background; he spent most of WW2 in Palestine, as it was then, driving the Army vet around. Most of the horses were in fact polo ponies... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold D9020 Nimbus Posted February 2, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 2, 2021 There were, of course, a few locos purchased from America in the very early years of the 20th century — the Midland purchased some Baldwin 2-6-0s and I think the GNR may have done the same. At the time they were concerned that British manufacturers were not making locos in the volume they required. The locos were all scrapped after short lives and the experiment was not repeated until comparatively recent times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 My father was in Palestine 1946-48 (kneecap blown-off by an IED planted by zionist terrorists; demoted for refusing, along with his entire unit, to fire on unarmed civilians who were protesting about being displaced from their homes), then back out in the desert monitoring arab league forces, then to the embassy at Cairo where he worked until c1952, all with "signals". His knee was repaired by an ex-german army surgeon, by then with red cross, with whom he exchanged christmas cards every year until he died. 4 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted February 2, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 2, 2021 50 minutes ago, D9020 Nimbus said: There were, of course, a few locos purchased from America in the very early years of the 20th century — the Midland purchased some Baldwin 2-6-0s and I think the GNR may have done the same. At the time they were concerned that British manufacturers were not making locos in the volume they required. The locos were all scrapped after short lives and the experiment was not repeated until comparatively recent times. The Midland had thirty Baldwin moguls and ten from Schenectady; I'm not sure how many the Great Northern and the Great Central had. There was a major engineering strike at a time when the railway companies were placing large orders in response to a boom in traffic in the closing years of the 1890s. Don't forget also the L&B's Baldwin 2-4-2T Lyn bought about the same time as Baldwin could promise prompt delivery on a locomotive built from standard parts. Does the modern Lyn count as the only Baldwin designed and built in Britain? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
009 micro modeller Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 4 hours ago, Compound2632 said: Does the modern Lyn count as the only Baldwin designed and built in Britain? Isn’t one of the Brecon Mountain Railway Maine replicas a Baldwin? Although they haven’t actually been finished yet and it depends how close they are to the original designs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Isn't that loco a genuine Baldwin, with minor cosmetic alterations to make it look "Maine"? Or, maybe we're talking about different locos. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick_Burman Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 2 hours ago, Nearholmer said: Isn't that loco a genuine Baldwin, with minor cosmetic alterations to make it look "Maine"? Or, maybe we're talking about different locos. The BMR has two locos, one is a 4-6-2 from a cement mill in South Africa, and the other is a 2-6-2 rebuilt from a 2-6-0 which was supplied originally to the Mogiana Railway in Brazil and which later passed into sugar mill service. Cheers NB 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Ta. It was the 2-6-2 I was thinking of. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
009 micro modeller Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 (edited) 12 hours ago, Nearholmer said: Isn't that loco a genuine Baldwin, with minor cosmetic alterations to make it look "Maine"? Or, maybe we're talking about different locos. The current ones are genuine but they are also building replicas. https://www.bmr.wales/about-bmr/our-locomotives/No4-forney-type https://www.bmr.wales/about-bmr/our-locomotives/no3-sandy-river-locomotive Edited February 3, 2021 by 009 micro modeller 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 On 31/01/2021 at 14:33, Tony Cane said: The London Transport depot in the pictures is Hainault. Sorry, can't find them - which pictures? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Cane Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 8 minutes ago, EddieB said: Sorry, can't find them - which pictures? The post I was referencing did not have any pictures just referred to some commonly published ones, as show below 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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