MERLIN 27
35006 TODDINGTON 8849 DE-
SR ‘Merchant Navy’ class locomotive, 35006 'Peninsular & Oriental SN Co' carries a headboard and Royal Ensigns to mark 100 years of the Merchant Navy as it returns to shed at Toddington GWSR on Tuesday 3rd September. This day was chosen to also commemorate the sinking of the transatatlantic liner SS Athenia by German U boat,on 3rd September 1939, the first Merchant Navy ship to be lost in WWII.
35006 TODDINGTON 8849 DE-
SR ‘Merchant Navy’ class locomotive, 35006 'Peninsular & Oriental SN Co' carries a headboard and Royal Ensigns to mark 100 years of the Merchant Navy as it returns to shed at Toddington GWSR on Tuesday 3rd September. This day was chosen to also commemorate the sinking of the transatatlantic liner SS Athenia by German U boat,on 3rd September 1939, the first Merchant Navy ship to be lost in WWII.