The erstwhile Iris
Iris at Ravenstor before the gentle roll down the 1 in 27. A quick burst in first gear is all that's needed to get going then it is straight on the brake. Must have been interesting with naughty trucks full of rock in The Past that THEY wouldn't let you get away with these days etc ... political correctness ... nanny state ... Ok, it's ok. I nearly came over all Littlejohn then. And he'd hate that.
Iris was delivered in 1954 and became M79900 on conversion to a single car unit in 1956. When the boffins at Derby got hold of her she became a radio test car, acquiring the name Iris in the RTC fashion of naming their vehicles after mythological characters that reflect the thing they test.
Some info from the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway, some from the fascinating Train Testing website. That train testing site is excellent, if you're like me you'll get lost in it for hours. But the chances are you're not, and so you wont. Probably for the best.
The erstwhile Iris
Iris at Ravenstor before the gentle roll down the 1 in 27. A quick burst in first gear is all that's needed to get going then it is straight on the brake. Must have been interesting with naughty trucks full of rock in The Past that THEY wouldn't let you get away with these days etc ... political correctness ... nanny state ... Ok, it's ok. I nearly came over all Littlejohn then. And he'd hate that.
Iris was delivered in 1954 and became M79900 on conversion to a single car unit in 1956. When the boffins at Derby got hold of her she became a radio test car, acquiring the name Iris in the RTC fashion of naming their vehicles after mythological characters that reflect the thing they test.
Some info from the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway, some from the fascinating Train Testing website. That train testing site is excellent, if you're like me you'll get lost in it for hours. But the chances are you're not, and so you wont. Probably for the best.