Locos Old & Blue

Two unusual steam engines visited the railway at the weekend.

The first was this Tri-ang  Class 23 Transcontinental (TC) 4-6-2 'Pacific' Nº 2335 and later named 'Hiawatha'.

The Catalogue Nº for the loco is R54 and, for the tender, which, strangely, had to be purchased separately, it is R32.

This model dates from between 1954 and 1961 and, for an old girl, she runs very well and, as can be seen from the above photos, still has a working headlight.

The second visitor was this Bachmann Fairburn Class 4P 2-6-4T Tank Locomotive in the attractive light blue and red livery of the Caledonian Railway.

Only 504 of this loco were produced exclusively for the Bachmann Collectors Club in 2006, the Catalogue Nº for which is 32-875K.

Like the Tri-ang Class 23, above, she currently operates in DC only but, unlike the Tri-ang, she may well, one day, have a sound decoder fitted and, then, join the growing ranks of our steam locomotive fleet.