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In January 1959 the Southern Region announced that it was going to name twenty of its Standard class 5 4-6-0’s (73080-73089 & 73110-73119) using names previously carried by King Arthur class engines. This was carried out on a piecemeal basis over a long period. I have been able to trace the...

It was not a case of any cut of date the main reason was that the railways could not attract enough staff although some sheds most notably Gateshead even in the 50's had a reportation of never cleaning its engnies.

I used to be a regular visitor to Old Oak in the early 1960’s (via the hole in the wall by the canal) and recall seeing many of the Standard 2-6-4 tanks stored there. I don’t recall ever seeing any of them in steam I think that most of them were stored in the carriage sheds. As I understand they...