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King George V
25 Comments CherryPie on Nov 17th 2011
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GWR 6000 Class 6000 King George V
Tags: King George V, Locomotive, National Railway Museum, Weekend away
25 Comments CherryPie on Nov 17th 2011
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I like this type ov train. They ar so much mor intrestin than modern wuns an the snow dident get in their way!!!
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They are are also so much more luxurious
What a classic locomotive that you have captures today Cherie…. this engine goes far beyond anything that i have ever seen and you have captured it so very well with all of the reflections…. i am sure that “King George V” was quite pleased with it….peter:)
Those old trains are amazing, I can only imagine what it would have been like to travel on one. Photographing them was difficult, the light was very dim, I didn’t have a tripod with me and the trains are so close together it is difficult to get a good angle to photograph them.
What a beauty Cherie very impressive :-0
Thanks Anyes
Are you serious, Cherry? The King George V Christmas Train!
I would love to go on a Santa run on that train
nice chuff-chuff CherryPie:)
It is one of many impressive locomotives
Not a ‘chuff-chuff’ Angus.
It had four cylinders and would exhaust a ‘chuff’ at the end of each stroke.
It was therefore a ‘chuff-chuff, ‘chuff-chuff, ‘chuff-chuff, ‘chuff-chuff’ per revolution of a driving wheel.
I remember seeing it come through Taplow at speed many years ago.
The only way to appreciate these engines, is when in steam.
Beautiful pictures CherryPie, but it is sad that the engine is so cold and dead in a museum.
They should be hot, sizzling and rearing to go!
(Like I was in my youth!) :O
Thanks for the additional technical information
It is sad that all these trains aren’t running any more but it would be even sadder if they had been left to rot away. I am glad they have been preserved for everyone to see.
I think I best not comment on hot, sizzling and raring to go… It seems safer
Not chuffed then Bernard the steamy:)
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What a lovely time you must be having in York–so many beautiful and interesting things to see. The King George V is quite an awesome train–lots of “spit and polish” to make it look so bright and shiny. Great posts. Have a lovely weekend, Cherie. Mickie
It was a great weekend away, the trains are impressive.
I hope you have a good weekend too
Very nice photos!
Thanks Victoria
It is with mixed feelings that as a specific diesel class fan (it’s currently stored outside under the tarpaulin ! ) with an interest in certain steam engines stored here that I see this clinical polished museum of unused engines. However I appreciate that each engine has specific reasons for being selected for display and the organisation has in recent years taken to the idea of hiring out the traction to the more real world of the North York Moors Railway. Having said that, it would be impossible to get decent shots like the quality final shot that you show here.
I is a shame that they are mostly static indoors these days. But it is better that they are preserved for future generations to see, rather than just rotting away somewhere.
Thanks for you comment about my photo. The conditions in the museum especially on that day (dark and dreary outside) made photographic conditions difficult.
The engines are all so close up together that it presents a different challenge.
When I was a young man, I worked on the dining car of the cornish Riviera Express, this locomotive regulary pulled us … great memories
Wow! That must be a great memory to have
My Mum remembers these trains or rather the carriages as they were in those days and my Grandfather used to work as a guardsman
Hi, To be precise I was 19 yrs old and a chef on the Cornish Riviera Express, the loco King George v, regularly pulled us, truly a magnificent loco.I have just commisioned a steel foundry in Yorkshire to make me a copy of the nameplate she used to carry when taking us down to Penzance ….Mike
I nice way of commemorating some happy memories