| Welcome to the (delayed) first 2009 collection from David Hennessey's Train World.
Saturday 3rd January 2009 saw a new year's outing to York, mainly to see Network Rail 86901 and 86902 stabled at York station inbetween 'ice breaking' duties on the East Coast Main Line, plus the usual flux of NXEC and Grand Central traffic, and a Cross Country HST on hire as well. Then it was onto the museum for a first look at Britain's newest standard gauge steam locomotive; 60163 Tornado, a replica of the BR (Eastern Region) A1 Pacific class. The loco, built in 2008, shone like a diamond in her newly applied 1948 Apple Green livery, with the famous Gill Sans BRITISH RAILWAYS lettering on the tenderside. Wishing the A1 Trust the best of luck for the loco's bright future. Also included was the NRM's recent arrival, GWR King class 4-6-0 number 6000 King George V, and GNR Stirling Single number 1 on display in the South Yard's Diesel Tent. Videos are also availabe on YouTube. Thanks to Aaron Roberts and David Holden for the company and laughs. |
Network Rail 86901 Chief Engineer in the bay platform at York. |
Network Rail 86902 Rail Vehicle Engineering in the bay platform at York. |
Cross Country HST Powercar 43301, on hire to NXEC, awaits departure from York on a service to London Kings Cross. |
Grand Central HST Powercar 43067 pauses at York on a service to Sunderland. |
Onto the National Railway Museum, and to the first look of the newly built BR (Eastern Region) A1 4-6-2 number 60163 Tornado. The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust's headboard (with website address), adorned the smokebox. |
The worksplate on 60163 Tornado says it all. The loco was assembled in Darlington, with some of the other components coming from other parts of the country, except for the boiler which was built in and imported from Germany. |
A1 60163 Tornado shines in the Great Hall of the National Railway Museum, York. |
A1 60163 Tornado is finished in 1948 livery, as the famous Gill Sans BRITISH RAILWAYS lettering proves. |
A plaque on the tender wheels of A1 60163 Tornado is an example of some of the businesses and individuals involved in this mammoth project. |
This commemorative plaque on the front of A1 60163 Tornado speaks for itself. The newly built loco stands as a testimony to all who were involved physically and financially. |
One of the lamp irons of A1 60163 Tornado. |
Like it's six counterparts, the middle driving wheel on the right hand side of A1 60163 Tornado awaits the East Coast Main Line flying under it's flanges. |
GWR King 4-6-0 number 6000 King George V was transferred from Steam in Swindon to the National Railway Museum in late 2008. The loco, built in 1927, stands over the 'inspection pit' inside the Great Hall. |
GWR 6000 King George V's numberplate, and commemorative medals (from a visit to the USA for the Baltimore and Ohio Centenary in 1927). |
GWR 6000 King George V's nameplate. |
GWR King George V's commemorate bell (again from the Baltimore and Ohio Centenary in 1927), proudly adorned on the front running plate. |
GNR Stirling Single number 1, resting inside the diesel tent in the Nationa Railway Museum's South Yard. |
BR D1023 Western Fusilier, at rest inside the diesel tent at the National Railway Museum's South Yard. |
