Seawall Specials – Past and Present with Colin (Part 15)

by | May 1, 2016 | General, History, Past & Present Specials, Steam Specials | 4 comments

A look this week at the BR Southern Region Pacifics that have made an appearance on the sea wall in the last 15 years or so of preservation times.

Back in the days of steam on British Railways up to the early 1960’s it was a regular, almost daily occurrence, to have a normal service train powered by one of the Southern’s Exmouth Junction depot’s

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  1. Dave Smithies avatar
    Dave on 27th May 2016 at 22:06

    Can anyone help me here (please!) Clan Line 35028 seen at 04:02 to 04:08, what and why is steam coming out of the top rear of the tender and what work is it doing back there etc?

    thanks.

    • Colin Campbell avatar
      Colin Campbell on 28th May 2016 at 12:28

      Steam is coming out the back of the tender is because there is a steam powered coal pusher forcing the coal forward in the tender to make life easier for the fireman. They were also on the LMS Pacifics.

      • Dave Smithies avatar
        Dave on 28th May 2016 at 22:30

        aha, a coal pusher – thanks Colin, it had me perplexed!

  2. Colin Campbell avatar
    DB Colin on 15th August 2017 at 12:32

    It seems I was mistaken Dave! It have discovered it is a steam powered air compressor for the train braking system. Sorry to have mislead you.

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