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> ... steam engine burial ground That was an interesting rabbit hole - it would appear to be Woodham brothers [1]. "297 withdrawn British Railways steam locom
by odogono 6y ago
> ... steam engine burial ground
That was an interesting rabbit hole - it would appear to be Woodham brothers [1].
"297 withdrawn British Railways steam locomotives were sent, of which 213 were rescued." One notable rescue being the Hogwarts Express [2]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodham_Brothers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodham_Brothers
[2] https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-45303331 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-45303331
- ggm 6y agoIt was pretty much the standard story for any nascent steam preservation society in the 60s and 70s: is this worth a day trip to Barry Island, to find something. I may be wrong, but its possible predating on wrecks there early on, reduced the viability of restoration for the latecomers. Its one of those net-present-value things. The really good locos got held back, didn't wind up in Barry. Stuff in the York railway museum, the flying scotsman, Sir Nigel Gresley. But steam enthusiasts like domestic, boring, black little saddle-tank shunters, factory locomotives, the wierd and wonderful. They didn't have good hopes for being kept, in the big switch to diesel-electric. I believe some stuff wound up being kept, because e.g. british steel (as was) hung onto them to run shunting in private railroads. So, if you had steam on-hand, you could convert from a coal fired steam engine, to a steam engine which re-charged its tank, and not have to do anything.
- ggm 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_preserved_British_industrial_steam_locomotives https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_preserved_British_indu...