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On 07/06/2019 at 23:02, 31A said:
A man I met sometimes at work on the railway in the 1990s had been a fireman at Enfield Town (by the time I met him he was a booking clerk) and he told me that the crews had their regular engines, and tried to outdo each other in cleanliness and embellishments - the pictures above and in various photo albums showing the end of GE steam reflect this! I don't particularly think the over-the-top 'bling' look suits them either particularly, but there's always black paint!
I think the man you spoke to my have been Brian Williams who was fireman on 69664 and later became a booking clerk in the Bishops Stortford/Cambridge area. I don't suppose any of the Enfield N7s ever found their way to Finsbury Square?
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Crew for 69665 and '70 were Laurie Griffin (who died last year in his 90s) and Roy Swain. The other main Enfield "star" N7 was 69664.
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I have a few pictures of N7s at Enfield (where 69670 was sub-shedded) but this is the only one I can find of '70 but it's from the wrong end. But in the run up to electrification it certainly had white trimmings painted on - and frequently touched up - by the regular crew. It also had red coupling rods as did many of the cleaner N7s at Enfield. Also attached is a picture of 69665 which the same crew ran until it was withdrawn and they got '70 in its place.
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Still off topic but 9401 was also tried by 30A on the Hertford suburbans where it performed ok but was tight on water. A whole load of "dead" GW engines also passed through Stratford in the early 60s (mostly from Old Oak Common) en route to Plaistow where they were cut up by Mumfords.
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According to Wikipedia (usual disclaimer applies):
William Henton Carver (27 May 1868 – 28 January 1961) was a Conservative politician who served as MP for Howden from 1926 to 1947.
He was an LNER director from 1927-1947 and also Chairman of the LNER Property Committee (whatever that was).
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This just turned up on the Peterborough parcels train. The driver of the double-chimney V2 on the next road – a fervent Gresley fan – looks on in complete disgust. The fitters work away to find a suitable top lamp iron and to refit the water scoop correctly before its next job which will involve taking water at Werrington and Langley troughs.