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geoff adams	20/03/2018 18:09:47
214 forum posts 207 photos	xmas present from my family got to drive a steam engine on the Swanage line on Monday in all the snow what a great experience all the family including 3 dogs got a free ride we all had a great day cant remember what the engine was hope someone could tell me Geoff
Speedy Builder5	20/03/2018 18:26:38
2878 forum posts 248 photos	LINK
geoff adams	20/03/2018 18:37:58
214 forum posts 207 photos	thanks speedy great to known some of the history of the engine there was so much to take in I think they said it was made in Brighton I could be wrong Geoff
martin perman	20/03/2018 18:41:47
2095 forum posts 75 photos	The locomotive is a British Railways Standard Class 4 2-6-4T
Harry Wilkes	20/03/2018 21:10:50
1613 forum posts 72 photos	Geoff having worked on the SVR I know the kick you got driving the loco ! Speedy great link H
Gordon A	20/03/2018 21:39:05
157 forum posts 4 photos	Affectionately known as a Standard class 4 clank, 'cos that's the noise the coupling rods make, at least on all the ones I've seen over the years. Joe Brown the musician was a locomotive fireman in his early days, and a few years ago he was reunited with one of the class that he actually worked on, number 80079, a resident of the Severn Valley Railway. How's that for trivia, (may come up in a pub quiz sometime.) Gordon.
Neil Wyatt	20/03/2018 21:52:26
19226 forum posts 749 photos 86 articles	Luck lad
Enough!	21/03/2018 00:46:22
1719 forum posts 1 photos	Hmm ... been there a while. Swanage 1997 (without the snow):
OuBallie	21/03/2018 08:15:45
1181 forum posts 669 photos	Ditto what Neil said! Geoff - Nearly back to normal and champing at the bit.

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