PHOTO HUDSWELL CLARKE LOCO NO 1800 'THOMAS' BY MOONLIGHT WANSFORD RAILWAY STATI

Description: PHOTO PHOTO DESCRIPTION: PHOTO HUDSWELL CLARKE LOCO NO 1800 'THOMAS' BY MOONLIGHT WANSFORD RAILWAY STATI EXTRA INFO PHOTO HUDSWELL CLARKE LOCO NO 1800 'THOMAS' BY MOONLIGHT WANSFORD RAILWAY STATION AS THE LIGHT FADES AT SUNSET 'THOMAS' SIMMERS GENTLY AFTER A DAY'S WORK AT WANSFORD RAILWAY STATION ON THE PRESERVED NENE VALLEY RAILWAYTHIS 0-6-0T INDUSTRIAL LOCO WAS CONSTRUCTED AT THE HUDSWELL CLARKE LOCOMOTIVE WORKS IN LEEDS COMPLETED IN 1947 AS NUMBER 1800 IT WAS ONE OF ONLY TWO STEAM LOCOMOTIVES BUILT NEW FOR THE BRITISH SUGAR CORPORATION AFTER THE WAR BEFORE THE COMPANY WENT OVER TO DIESEL TRACTION ON ITS INDUSTRIAL RAILWAYS AS 1800 THE LOCO SPENT ITS WHOLE WORKING LIFE AT THE BRITISH SUGAR CORPORATION'S PETERBOROUGH FACTORY IN 1971 REV W AWDRY NAMED THE LOCO 'THOMAS' AFTER THE EPONYMOUS (AND ANTHROPOMORPHIC) HERO OF HIS CHILDREN'S BOOKSBY 1973 THE LOCO NEEDED MAJOR REPAIRS AND BSC SOLD IT TO THE PETERBOROUGH RAILWAY SOCIETY IT WAS STORED OUT-OF-USE UNTIL REPLACEMENT PARTS FROM A SIMILAR ENGINE BECAME AVAILABLE AND THE LOCO WAS RESTORED RUNNING ORDER BY 1979AS 'THOMAS', 1800 BECAME ONE OF THE FIRST 'RESIDENT' LOCOMOTIVES ON THE NENE VALLEY RAILWAY (NVR) THIS PRESERVED TOURIST RAILWAY RUNS FROM THE OUTSKIRTS OF PETERBOROUGH CAMBRIDGESHIRE TO YARWELL JUNCTION A DISTANCE OF SEVEN AND A HALF MILES THERE ARE TERMINAL STATIONS AT YARWELL JUNCTION AND PETERBOROUGH NENE VALLEY WITH INTERMEDIATE STATIONS AT ORTON MERE FERRY MEADOWS AND WANSFORD THE NVR'S LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT AND PRINCIPAL STATION IS AT WANSFORD WHICH IS NEAR THE LOOKINGERN END OF THE LINETHE ORIGINAL NENE VALLEY LINE RAN FROM BLISWORTH (A ONCE-IMPORTANT JUNCTION ON THE LONDON-BIRMINGHAM MAIN LINE) FOLLOWING THE VALLEY OF THE RIVER NENE THROUGH LOOKINGAMPTON THRAPSTON AND OUNDLE TO PETERBOROUGH THE ROUTE OPENED IN 1845 AND PASSENGER SERVICES WERE WITHDRAWN IN 1966 BRITISH RAILWAYS FINALLY CLOSED THE LINE TO ALL TRAFFIC IN 1972IN 1974 PETERBOROUGH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOUGHT THE SECTION BETWEEN LONGVILLE AND YARWELL AND LEASED IT TO THE PETERBOROUGH RAILWAY SOCIETY A GROUP OF VOLUNTEER ENTHUSIASTS TO OPERATE AS A TOURIST RAILWAY BETWEEN 1974 AND MAY 1977 THE RAILWAYS WAS RESTORED TO PASSENGER-CARRYING CONDITION THE OFFICIAL RAILWAY INSPECTOR PASSED THE RESTORED LINE AS FIT FOR PASSENGER TRAIN IN MAY 1977 AND THE NVR OFFICIALLY OPENED ON THE 1 JUNE THAT YEAR COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) : ANDY F PHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS NOTES GEO ANDY F REF NO AF-1624 PHOTO SIZE SIZE 6 x 4 inches CONDITION: SEE SCAN ABOVE WATERMARK IF PRESENT ON THE IMAGE WILL NOT APPEAR ON ITEM SENT TO YOU: ************************************************************ COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) Info. The vast majority of the items have been brought via Auctions so we have no idea of the history of the photos. We therefore mark these photos as 'With No Markings for COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) Restriction' and give NO assurance as to Intellectual property. Unless there is a COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) sticker/details on the back The others We have received via people who claim they are the COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) owner and allowed me to either reprint them (if I received the negative/JPEG) or resell the photo with their COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) notice on the back. I can only assume that the information is correct ************************************************************ IMPORTANT When Buying More Than One Item use the Add To Basket Option, Adding All Your Purchases To The Basket. When You Have All Your Items in the Basket, Click the Request Total Button. Wait to Receive Your Invoice Reflecting the Correct Postage Charge Before Paying For Your Items. Unless this is done when purchasing multi item, the items will be sent seperately. If we do notice multi purchases then they will be combined but not all the postage will get refunded due to the cost of each Paypal transaction. NOTES This is a print and supply service for an image that is COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) ANDY F obtained from GEOGRAPH , and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License Details of licence available here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ MANY OTHER ITEMS ARE BEING ADDED TO MY SHOP DAILY

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