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Steam Locos

Some history and photographs of 4073 Caerphilly Castle.
 
A preserved locomotive was named after Bishop Treacy when it was at Tyseley.
 
I bought the Rev Eric Treacy's book for the boys when they were young and still have it, brilliant pictures in it, also the Great Western in colour, by O S Nock. old but great photo's. paul
 
In the late 70s Evening Star was at Tysley for the weekend.Still got the 20 slides I took of it when I took my girls to see it.
 
Taking over from the Steam Loco, 1962...

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Good units, problem was they were diesel hydraulic and not diesel electric which the rest of British Rail favoured and as such as a Western design, they were not developed beyond this one class. As Alan says we used to see them regularly in the south west as the Warships moved on (another Maybach based design). 1015 Western Champion one of the preserved ones.

Bob
 
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