Clayton at . . .
Erm? Most of Clem's older negatives, dating from the 1960s, are rail related. The film from which this offering came appears to have been taken with a bunch of Scottish shots. It doesn't necessarily mean that this one was taken in Scotland, but my feeling is that it was.
The loco is one of the unloved Clayton Type 1s which were largely concentrated in the Central Belt of Scotland for their short working lives. I believe that the last ones weren't built until 1956, and yet the first withdrawals occurred in 1968. Apart from a couple trialled with Rolls Royce DV8 engines, all were powered (oddly) by a pair of Paxman horizontal 6 cylinder railcar type engines which between them gave 900hp. One survived the cutters torch, being bought by an industrial concern (Portland Cement, Bletchley rings a bell as I went to see it), and thanks to that, survived to represent 'Class 17' in preservation.
Clayton at . . .
Erm? Most of Clem's older negatives, dating from the 1960s, are rail related. The film from which this offering came appears to have been taken with a bunch of Scottish shots. It doesn't necessarily mean that this one was taken in Scotland, but my feeling is that it was.
The loco is one of the unloved Clayton Type 1s which were largely concentrated in the Central Belt of Scotland for their short working lives. I believe that the last ones weren't built until 1956, and yet the first withdrawals occurred in 1968. Apart from a couple trialled with Rolls Royce DV8 engines, all were powered (oddly) by a pair of Paxman horizontal 6 cylinder railcar type engines which between them gave 900hp. One survived the cutters torch, being bought by an industrial concern (Portland Cement, Bletchley rings a bell as I went to see it), and thanks to that, survived to represent 'Class 17' in preservation.