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Ex-GWR County Class 4-6-0 No 1027 “COUNTY OF STAFFORD” is shown in early British Railways days beside an unidentified depot building, parked up with other locos. Before it is a scooped-out area of ballast, and the shed behind has glass skylights positioned high above the pitched slate roof, and metal chimneys in the final style of such features. 48###AA01-UNK-s1027-PARKD
The nameplate of 1006 “COUNTY OF CORNWALL” on the side of the loco. These straight versions of the normal splasher identities were far more attractive in my opinion – sometimes too much or too little text in the same curved frame made them look contrived. 6####BN01-UNK-s1006-NAMEP
With a ‘green’ showing clearly ahead, the fireman of a passenger service stares ahead to the tunnel soon to envelop the train in a beautiful country area – the loco having smoke guards fitted to the side of its smokebox and the tender bearing a ‘lion and dartboard’ emblem. 6####CP01-UNK-SLOCO-PAS_R
At the end of a platform with a valley and hill behind, and signal lamps before it, 2287 waits the ‘all-clear’ before proceeding. These 0-6-0 locos seemed to pretentiously emulate their big brothers with separate tenders, instead of mere loco bunkers. 6####EY01-UNK-s2287-PASGR
The dying sun glints off the front wheelset of a Hall class locomotive, clanking along with a local four-coach passenger service in open pastoral countryside. This nicely composed shot was taken from the largest roll film negative I’ve ever seen – 9 cm wide – but sadly is not particularly sharp. #####AX01-UNK-sHALL-PASGR
The splasher of Castle Class locomotive ‘DEFIANT’ – renamed from ‘OGMORE CASTLE’ in commemoration of the British WW2 fighter aircraft – shows the lined-out style of brasswork and lining-out that gave the distinctive GWR appearance. 860913A01-UNK-s5080-NAMEP
The Eric Curnow Collection 