Alan, why were they restricted?The 1366 class of pannier tank were restricted in their use. Being confined to Swindon and one or two quay areas such as Weymouth (1969)
WOW! The class history is quite a story! Was the designer Francis Trevithick, related to Richard Trevethick would you know?Yes it was the smaller wheels; they were designed to sharp curves.
Some specs:
Shed allocations:
Some details of the preserved 1369 in South Devon:
yes edIs that the London Transport coloured one
GWR 5700 'Pannier Tank' Class 7752 (L94)Vividly remember a pannier tanker regularly being used to shunt wagons at Tyseley in late 1940's.
thanks alanView attachment 144361
At Paignton Queens Park (Dartmouth Steam Railway)
its a triang /hornby oo model.Pete
Tell me more about this loco. Is it Hornby 00 or an Airfix kit made up or something else?
Pete, super video! Whats amazing with these trains is how resilient/flexible they are to pull together up such an incline and not have any drive train or transmission coupling other than great drivers!wow some train........
i always have been fasinated with them,i collect the 060 pannier oo gauge models up to now i have 40...im a .babi mawrPete, super video! Whats amazing with these trains is how resilient/flexible they are to pull together up such an incline and not have any drive train or transmission coupling other than great drivers!
Danke"Railway overpass between the Otton (sic) [Olton] suburb and Birmingham of the four track line of the Great Western Railway over the Warwick Road. Five iron trapezoidal lattice girders, upper chords connected by cross bracing. total width: 46.3m. total length 53.3m. height 6.1m. Floor steel plate, abutment reinforced concrete."