Steam workhorses of yesterday become centre of nostalgia today
Dec 17, 2019
2 minutes
By Geoff Courtney
KEITH WIDDOWSON/
ANISTR.COM
THEY had far less appeal than their high-profile glamorous stablemates, their pragmatic design was hardly guaranteed to stir the blood, and the names carried by some of the class were esoteric and often unpronounceable. In short, Edward Thompson’s ubiquitous B1 4-6-0 locomotives were to us ungrateful trainspotters also-rans
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