Taken 29/03/19 at Corfe Castle Station; the guest locos for this year's Gala were Ivatt 2 2-6-0 No. 46521, Caledonian McIntosh 439 Class 0-4-4T No. 419 and, on static display at Corfe Castle, Gresley A3 Pacific No. 60103 'Flying Scotsman'. The home fleet provided T9 4-4-0 No. 30120, BR 4MT 4-6-2 No. 80104, running as Scottish Region classmate 80126, and Class 33/1 'Sulzer' No. 33-111.
Taken slightly into the sun on 29/03/19 at the Swanage Spring Steam Up; I arrived In the Purbecks in time to see the No. 30120 arrive with the 09.43 from Corfe castle.
Taken on 29/03/19 at the Swanage Spring Steam Up; I resolved the shooting into the sun issue … at the expense of the loco being seen running tender first!
Taken on 29/03/19 at the Swanage Spring Steam Up; I have founded an extensive history of No. 46521 on the internet, which I've abridged below:
No. 46521 was completed at Swindon in February 1953 and was effectively transferred from the Western Region to the London Midland Region in September 1963 when Machynlleth depot was transferred to London Midland Region Control.
Prior to this the locomotive was sent to Crewe works where it underwent a heavy overhaul during May and June 1963. The overhaul was probably undertaken because the engine was earmarked for Royal Train duties which it undertook when the Queen visited North Wales in August 1963.
It was withdrawn from service at Machynlleth in October 1966 and sold to Woodham Brothers at Barry for scrap. It arrived at Barry in March 1967 and was resident there until March 1971.
In 1969 46521 was selected for preservation by Severn Valley Railway ) member Charles Newton. The locomotive arrived at the SVR on 20 March 1971 and entered service in July 1974, becoming the SVR’s first ex-Barry restoration to be completed. The locomotive carried the same green livery in which it finished BR service and was eventually withdrawn from service in 1977 for major boiler repairs.
Following completion of the overhaul, a second period of service commenced, this time ending in 1985.
A third period of service began in 1991, during which 46521 spent the summer of 1993 on hire to the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway, as well as taking part in the London Underground ‘Steam on the Met’ festival the same year. No. 46521’s third period of service ended in 2000 by which time the locomotive had accumulated 84,031 miles since it was preserved.
The locomotive was moved to the Great Central Railway (for overhaul in November, 2001 and is now owned in equal shares by LSLG and Charles Newton. By this stage a comprehensive overhaul was required but the locomotive moved under its own power for the first time in almost 11 years to the day just before Christmas, 2011.
Taken on 29/03/19 at the Swanage Spring Steam Up; a few years back one of the ex-BR 78XXXs was a guest loco at a Swanage gala and I think that was also a GCR based loco. I assume these useful little 2-6-0s are economic locos to use at Swanage.