CHILDHOOD MEMORIES REMEMBERED
Palindromic LMS Fairburn 2-6-4T 42224 acting as station pilot at Stoke on Trent on 21-5-65.
Shedded at Stoke 5D during 1965 it would have appeared to end it's days at Carnforth as it was there in 1966.
The line it is on was a bay usually seemed to have parcels stock in it though I seem to recall on one occasion a DMU was visiting and failed to stop hitting the buffers. I would have been no more than 5 [1960] so you can imagine the memory is a little hazy and may have been embellished by the family member I was with.
The only other strong memory I have of Stoke station was of a gleaming 70043 Lord Kitchener arriving from the Crewe direction and being scared stiff when it's safety valves lifted.
A pretty grotty slide with quite a lot of damage which I have done my best to correct. Part of the Tom Derrington Collection with photographer unknown.
CHILDHOOD MEMORIES REMEMBERED
Palindromic LMS Fairburn 2-6-4T 42224 acting as station pilot at Stoke on Trent on 21-5-65.
Shedded at Stoke 5D during 1965 it would have appeared to end it's days at Carnforth as it was there in 1966.
The line it is on was a bay usually seemed to have parcels stock in it though I seem to recall on one occasion a DMU was visiting and failed to stop hitting the buffers. I would have been no more than 5 [1960] so you can imagine the memory is a little hazy and may have been embellished by the family member I was with.
The only other strong memory I have of Stoke station was of a gleaming 70043 Lord Kitchener arriving from the Crewe direction and being scared stiff when it's safety valves lifted.
A pretty grotty slide with quite a lot of damage which I have done my best to correct. Part of the Tom Derrington Collection with photographer unknown.