Locomotive photo`s Pre-Grouping through to BR
Some photos that have come into my possession.
Feel free to add any extra info you may have on any of them.
Peter
1) G&SWR no. 710 at Turnberry
2) GNR No.1 at Cambridge 24-8-38
3) GNR no. 547 in 1905
4) GNR Atlantic`s with 990 leading
5) GNR Atlantic`s with 990 leading
6 GNR no. 1664
Not a Midland engine but it is a Midland train - as the board on the engine's bunker says. The Midland had a service of trains between Kentish Town and Herne Hill via the Metropolitan Railway widened lines, providing a cross-London connection for passengers between the Midlands and Kent. From 1909, there were through carriages from Manchester and Bradford and Dover and Deal, alternating Midland and S&CR bogie composites - there's a discussion on this here:
The carriages in this photo a
