When the Delaware & Hudson celebrated its sesquicentennial in 1973, there were no D&H steam survivors, so Reading 4-8-4 2102 was fitted with “elephant ears” smoke deflectors and renumbered 302... (more)
Those were the days - The stage is set as British Railways Standard class 5MT 4-6-0 No 73043 starts away from its stop at Deganwy station on the last lap of its journey to the Welsh holiday resort... (more)