Queries & posers

LNWR Whale designed 19" Goods 4-6-0 no. 2110 entered service in May 1908 and would be renumbered to 8798 by the LMSR in January 1928 followed by withdrawal in November 1935. [Mike Morant collection]

An undated mid-winter shot of derailed Standard 7MT 'Britannia' pacific no. 70026 Polar Star at Swindon mpd. Amongst the onlookers ar Collett 'Hall' class 4-6-0 no. 5881 Gresham Hall and diesel mechanical 0-6-0 shunting locomotive no. D2086, a long term resident at Swindon. [Mike Morant collection]

The location of this shot isn't yet known but it is one of four taken by a railway photographer who is known to have lived in or close to Cambridge when this was taken immediately following the first snow of that awful 1947 winter. Two of the four images have a distant view of a locomotive and it appears to be a J17 0-6-0. [Mike Morant collection]

The location of this shot isn't yet known but it is one of four taken by a railway photographer who is known to have lived in or close to Cambridge when this was taken immediately following the first snow of that awful 1947 winter. Two of the four images have a distant view of a locomotive and it appears to be a J17 0-6-0. [Mike Morant collection]

The location of this shot isn't yet known but it is one of four taken by a railway photographer who is known to have lived in or close to Cambridge when this was taken immediately following the first snow of that awful 1947 winter. Two of the four images have a distant view of a locomotive and it appears to be a J17 0-6-0. [Mike Morant collection]

The location of this shot isn't yet known but it is one of four taken by a railway photographer who is known to have lived in or close to Cambridge when this was taken immediately following the first snow of that awful 1947 winter. Two of the four images have a distant view of a locomotive and it appears to be a J17 0-6-0. [Mike Morant collection]

Austerity 2-8-0 no. 90589 with a 26A Newton Heath shed plate. [Mike Morant collection]

Austerity 2-8-0 no. 90574 with an indistinct shed plate but I suspect that this was taken when it was allocated to Woodford Halse. [Mike Morant collection]

An LMSR 13 ton open wagon. [Mike Morant collection]

Stanier 5MT 4-6-0 no. 45034 and Jubilee 45738 Samson double-head The Midlander nr. Rugby on 31/7/59. This titled train ran between Euston and Wolverhampton from 1950 until 1963. [Mike Morant collection]

An unidentified GWR Churchward 4300 class mogul at an as yet unidentified location. [Mike Morant collection]

Stanier 8F 2-8-0 no. 48159 with a Down goods coasting downhill from Ais Gill. Although not dated this shot was probably taken when 48159 was a Holbeck engine between 11/49 and 2/51. Location notes by Steve Scott. [Mike Morant collection]

LMSR Stanier 8F 2-8-0 no. 8447 somewhere on the S & C. [Mike Morant collection]

Rebuilt Stanier 'Jubilee' class 4-6-0 no. 5736 Phoenix before the smoke deflectors were fitted. Location not specified. [Mike Morant collection]

Stanier 8F 2-8-0 no. 482?7 almost certainly somewhere on the S & C. I had thought that the motion blurred number was 48277 but that seems to be unlikely in that location. [Mike Morant collection]

LOCATION ?????? Somewhere on the S & C. Rebuilt 'Royal Scot' 4-6-0 no. 46117 Welsh Guardsman which would have been a Holbeck engine when this shot was taken. [Mike Morant collection]

LOCATION ?????? Slight motion blur apart this is a superb shot of Stanier Black 5's double-heading an express train. The leading loco is no. 45468 which was allocated to Balornock when this shot was taken. [Mike Morant collection]

Peppercorn K1 class mogul no. 62003. There's no documentaion regarding the date or location of this shot but it's on the BR(NE) region and the snokebox in deep shadow suggests that this coal train is northbound on the ECML. [Mike Morant collection]

Gresley A4 pacific no. 60031 Golden Plover wearing what appears to be BR blue livery if the lining out on the tender is anything to go by. 60031 was a Haymarket engine when this shot was taken and would remain there until 1962. The location isn't known to me as yet but note how high the coal is piled in the tender. [Mike Morant collection]

? ? ?   L O C A T I O N   ? ? ? in the northeast somewhere as that's an NER 3rd behind the loco. An unidentified LNER Robinson designed A5 4-6-2T running bunker first. [Mike Morant collection]

LOCATION?????? Not the best shot of a Worsdell D20 but it's included for the four wheeled vehicle behind the tender which, a viewer tells me, is a standard horsebox - note the groom’s compartment at the front. [Mike Morant collection]

? ? ?   L O C A T I O N   ? ? ? Probably a Saltburn - Newcastle service as the all steel artic set behind the 2 NER carriages was built for this route circa 1938. LNER no. 9868 is a Gresley A8 class 4-6-2T rebuilt in 1936 from a Raven H1 class 4-4-4T and is depicted here with a couple of intersting coaches behind its bunker. A Saltburn engine when this shot was taken, BR branding was applied in August 1948 followed by her reallocation to West Auckland in January 1949 which would be her last. Withdrawal came in November 1957. [Mike Morant collection]

LOCATION?????? T. W. Worsdell, NER, J21 class 0-6-0 no. 5119 of 1900 vintage on passenger train duty. 5119 was a darlington engine when this shot was taken and would receive BR branding in November 1948. [Mike Morant collection]

LOCATION?????? Probably its home shed of Darlington. LNER Gresley designed J39/1 class 0-6-0 no. 4933 was a Darlington allocated engine from 1945 until September 1950. The move to Neville Hill would be haer last and she was withdrawn in December 1962. [Mike Morant collection]