A ‘missing link’ between the steam age and modern traction – and as historically important as Trevithick’s locomotives or Stephenson’s Rocket – will debut in the coming weeks as the culmination of a ground-breaking 15-year project. Words and photographs by Andrew Rapacz.
April 2006 – Normally based at the East Lancashire Railway, Ian Riley’s Standard 4MT No. 76079 and Black 5 No. 45407 are rarely seen in the South West. For more, like us on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter here.
Imagine a steam shed that closed, with the doors shut and locked, leaving behind a large variety of locomotives sitting over the pits and in the roundhouse?
