STAR LETTER
Railway bears
OUR bear community was very interested to read Steve Knight’s interview with Hunslet the Bear (December issue). They were sad to read of him being abandoned, but glad he survived the high voltage and is now in the care of the staff at Soho depot.
He may be interested to know that Douglas, our British Rail representative (right), records all West Coast Main Line traffic through Wolverton, the data being published on Bear Time Trains. Not for us humans of course, but Hunslet will be able to access this via the ‘Bear-net’.
Alison Randall Milton Keynes
Besides Hunslet and Douglas, do readers know of any other railway teddy bears or similar? Ed.
Flying Scotsman, the alternative view
YOU asked for people’s thoughts on No. 4472 . I first expressed the following thoughts in July 2011,
