by DB Simon | Jun 26, 2016 | General, History, Past & Present Specials
Looking back over this series I realised that although I had done a feature on the GWR locomotives there were a lot of photographs in my collection of Western engines that I didn’t have space for in Sea Wall 12 so here are a further selection mostly gained from... 
by DB Simon | Jun 12, 2016 | General, History, Past & Present Specials
This week a look back a few years for locomotives and railcars that we no longer or rarely see on the sea wall. The Class 20, invariably in pairs linked nose to nose, very occasionally appear on railtours and at one time on stock movements. Popular with enthusiasts... 
by DB Simon | Jun 5, 2016 | Diesel Specials, General, History, Past & Present Specials
The spotlight this week falls on the English Electric Class 50. There were 50 locomotives built at the Vulcan Works at Newton Le Willows in Lancashire in 1967/8 for use on the northern section of the West coast Main Line from Crewe to Glasgow which had at that... 
by DB Simon | May 29, 2016 | Diesel Specials, General, History, Past & Present Specials
This week a look at the Class 47 diesels which were built between 1962-68. Originally under the heading of Type 4, 
by DB Simon | May 8, 2016 | General, History, Past & Present Specials
This week is all about the unique BR Standard Class 8, number 71000 “Duke of Gloucester” [adrotate group=”2″] The Duke of Gloucester was built at Crewe in 1954 and came about as a replacement for LMS engine 46202 “Princess... 
by DB Simon | May 1, 2016 | General, History, Past & Present Specials, Steam Specials
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...