War veteran repatriated

Repatriated 1
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Repatriated 2
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Repatriated 3
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Repatriated 4
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This rusting veteran British 1940s freight locomotive was one of many sent by the War Department to Turkey during World War Two to help the Allies war effort. After the war it worked on Turkish National Railways for decades until it became redundant. In December 2010 it was one of two of its class (LMS 8F) to be shipped back to Bristol Docks pending restoration. It's now in Locomotion, the steam museum at Shildon, Co. Durham, awaiting repairs.
It will eventually work on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. Its sister engine is stored at Barry, South Wales, until it's future is decided.

And what did those ungreatful Turks do? They stuck a cow catcher on her front

Good shots David, shows how much work has to go into restoring these old workhorses.

Lovely details and colours in no.3 and 4

Great photo would love to she here on the tracks running soon

Great set of shots, will be interesting to see the progress over the next few years.

Good use of the filtered sunlight for the detail shots. That'll take years David - are you going to keep track of it?

My My Gareth, you have lead a sheltered life

Just google Images for Cow Catcher then compare them to this loco.

should that not be camel catcher

This is a cowcatcher
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The steel frame on the front of the locomotive, designed to repell animals wandering on the track. They were common in countries like the US and Canada with wide open spaces where animals wandered loose. It seems they had them in Turkey as well, for cows and camels. It will be interesting to see if this loco is restored to it's original British condition or to the style it was when it worked in Turkey.
David

1 and 3 for me

Composition in 1 and textures/ colour in 3