Royal Hudson
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Hello all,
First let me confess: I am not a "rail-fan" as we say over here to the extent that most of you probably are, but I do have a more than average level of interest, being a fan of old machinery of most types.
The reason I've registered is I have a collection of seven late 19th & early 20th century books on locomotives, locomotive driving etc. that are heavily annotated in great detail by a man who was obviously an early train-spotter. This gent lived in Cheltenham until sometime in the 1890s, and must have travelled quite widely in the UK. He was obviously highly knowledgeable as he corrects the authors in some places and adds some quite interesting comments about changes to locos, paint schemes etc. etc. This is typical comment:
"On April 27th 1893 I got on to the foot-plate of a G.W.R. 4-coupled tender engine, double frames & journals, driving wheels 6ft. 6 in. diameter; also on the foot-plate of & underneath G.W.R. express single narrow gauge engine "Rougemont" driving wheels 7ft. 8in. diameter 6 wheels, built 1892; both in one of the Swindon running sheds."
I'll post some photos later, but is there much interest in this sort of thing these days in the UK?
First let me confess: I am not a "rail-fan" as we say over here to the extent that most of you probably are, but I do have a more than average level of interest, being a fan of old machinery of most types.
The reason I've registered is I have a collection of seven late 19th & early 20th century books on locomotives, locomotive driving etc. that are heavily annotated in great detail by a man who was obviously an early train-spotter. This gent lived in Cheltenham until sometime in the 1890s, and must have travelled quite widely in the UK. He was obviously highly knowledgeable as he corrects the authors in some places and adds some quite interesting comments about changes to locos, paint schemes etc. etc. This is typical comment:
"On April 27th 1893 I got on to the foot-plate of a G.W.R. 4-coupled tender engine, double frames & journals, driving wheels 6ft. 6 in. diameter; also on the foot-plate of & underneath G.W.R. express single narrow gauge engine "Rougemont" driving wheels 7ft. 8in. diameter 6 wheels, built 1892; both in one of the Swindon running sheds."
I'll post some photos later, but is there much interest in this sort of thing these days in the UK?
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