Join me on my merry trek of old ruins, cinemas, railways and things that just catch my attention around Yorkshire and the UK. John.
View this post on Instagram Union of South Africa - LNER A4 class (same as the world steam locomotive speed record setting Mallard) on its way from York to Carlisle via Settle and the Ribblehead viaduct. It was originally to have been called Osprey fitting in with the bird naming scheme for the class, and was called that for a period in the 80s and 90s following protest over South Africa's then apartheid system. Here in its post rail nationalisation British Railways green livery, it was originally blue before being painted black in the war years #steamtrains #unionofsouthafricalocomotive #lnera4pacific A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Apr 27, 2019 at 3:22pm PDT
Union of South Africa - LNER A4 class (same as the world steam locomotive speed record setting Mallard) on its way from York to Carlisle via Settle and the Ribblehead viaduct. It was originally to have been called Osprey fitting in with the bird naming scheme for the class, and was called that for a period in the 80s and 90s following protest over South Africa's then apartheid system. Here in its post rail nationalisation British Railways green livery, it was originally blue before being painted black in the war years #steamtrains #unionofsouthafricalocomotive #lnera4pacific
A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Apr 27, 2019 at 3:22pm PDT
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