I cannot think of any railroad that saved that many of one class of locomotive. Amazing and sad. But, I get it. The majority of American roads needed cash for the down payments on their diesels. Pennsylvania, Santa Fe and B&O stand out as exceptions, but when PRR ran short of cash for GP9s and RS11s, we lost out on some classes. (Notably the class J Texas types.) B&O likewise let their EM1 Yellowstones vanish so they could pay for GP9s, too.
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What a glorious sight! One can only imagine a scene like this at Kings Cross 60 years ago.
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Neat shot, FYI there are 7 surviving UP Big Boy locos in the U.S and 4 surviving 5011 class 2-10-4s from the AT&SF. The most exiting news is that one of the Big Boys is going to be restored to working status.
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Love the A4. Sad that we did not preserve steam over here as they did in England.
Of course, its funny remarking that they saved so many of one class. Sadly, there were many, many other LNER engines that were not saved. Of the big four, LNER probably had the last engines saved from scrap, whereas the GWR had the most (if my knowledge of British Steam serves me right). Flying Sctosman is the Sole Survivor of the A3 class, equal to the A4 in many respects. Wish I could have seen this.
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Nice line up! Locomotives from an era when looks were just as important as performance.
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