Recent content by Paul Francis

If it was then it would be painted black and there would be another three coaches with it.

I have found very little on the question of locos: The Railway Defence Planning Committee raised the question on 10 April 1964 about the availability of steam locomotives for use in emergency on diesel and electrified lines as the remaining steam locos were being withdrawn and scrapped (at the...

Yes that is correct, I went in there a couple of days ago.

Thanks ever so much, that is really helpful.

Hi, I am an archaeologist carrying out a small project for English Heritage on the emergency railway control centres. I have made a study on the design, planning and construction of the pre-WWII, WWII and the Cold War buildings. You probably already know that many of these, in fact the bulk have...