"Wilbert" 0-6-0 Saddle Tank
by bwlchmawr
"Wilbert" was manufactured by the Hunslet Engine Company in Hunslet, Leeds, England, in 1953 and worked as a shunter at a colliery in Staffordshire. He was purchased by the Dean Forest Railway in 1976 and given the name "G. B. Keeling" in August 1981, but was renamed "Wilbert" on September the 13th, 1987, after the Reverend W. Awdry, who was then the president of the railway.
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Posted 04/01/2016 - 10:48
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davidwozhere wrote:
Dunno about 1953 - you have succeeded in reproducing something from about 1910. Excellent post processing
I agree about the processing, its fascinating and I love this picture, but that engine couldn't have appeared in 1910, far too modern.Dunno about 1953 - you have succeeded in reproducing something from about 1910. Excellent post processing
I love these Hunslet saddle tanks, designed during WW11 for the War Department. After the war they were put to work mainly in collieries, power stations and other industrial works and many more were built. The LNER bought a whole lot of them and they became common place shunters on the Eastern and North Eastern Regions of British Rail where they were designated Class J94.
The Low Yard shunter at Consett was one of these and as a schoolboy I once spent a whole afternoon on the footplate as it went about its business transferring wagons of steel plate from Consett steel works to the mainline. The fireman had rigged up a comfy old armchair in the cab. Firing a shunting engine was not a very demanding job.
An identical type of engine, in bright green and lettered NCB worked a nearby colliery network.
Sorry for being an anorak.
David
Posted 04/01/2016 - 17:05
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davidtrout wrote:
I love these Hunslet saddle tanks, designed during WW11 for the War Department. After the war they were put to work mainly in collieries, power stations and other industrial works and many more were built. The LNER bought a whole lot of them and they became common place shunters on the Eastern and North Eastern Regions of British Rail where they were designated Class J94.
The Low Yard shunter at Consett was one of these and as a schoolboy I once spent a whole afternoon on the footplate as it went about its business transferring wagons of steel plate from Consett steel works to the mainline. The fireman had rigged up a comfy old armchair in the cab. Firing a shunting engine was not a very demanding job.
An identical type of engine, in bright green and lettered NCB worked a nearby colliery network.
Sorry for being an anorak.
David
Most interesting, David. Your knowledge of all things steam related is amazing.davidwozhere wrote:
Dunno about 1953 - you have succeeded in reproducing something from about 1910. Excellent post processing
I agree about the processing, its fascinating and I love this picture, but that engine couldn't have appeared in 1910, far too modern.Dunno about 1953 - you have succeeded in reproducing something from about 1910. Excellent post processing
I love these Hunslet saddle tanks, designed during WW11 for the War Department. After the war they were put to work mainly in collieries, power stations and other industrial works and many more were built. The LNER bought a whole lot of them and they became common place shunters on the Eastern and North Eastern Regions of British Rail where they were designated Class J94.
The Low Yard shunter at Consett was one of these and as a schoolboy I once spent a whole afternoon on the footplate as it went about its business transferring wagons of steel plate from Consett steel works to the mainline. The fireman had rigged up a comfy old armchair in the cab. Firing a shunting engine was not a very demanding job.
An identical type of engine, in bright green and lettered NCB worked a nearby colliery network.
Sorry for being an anorak.
David
We were very pleased to see this engine rostered, it made a nice change.
Best wishes,
Andrew
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Andrew
"These places mean something and it's the job of a photographer to figure-out what the hell it is."
Robert Adams
"The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But, you have to SEE."
Ernst Hass
My website: http://www.ephotozine.com/user/bwlchmawr-199050
http://s927.photobucket.com/home/ADC3440/index
https://www.flickr.com/photos/78898196@N05
Posted 04/01/2016 - 17:36
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Just takes you back, love the processing, super find.
Posted 04/01/2016 - 19:11
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autumnlight wrote:
Just takes you back, love the processing, super find.
Totally agree - magic.Just takes you back, love the processing, super find.
Regards
paul
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