1971 – 4F Among the Rust..
Taken in April 1971
Ex-LMS 4F 0-6-0 44123 at Barry scrapyards, on a hazy day in April 1971, surrounded by quietly rusting ex-Southern Railway and GWR locos..
44123 had entered service in 1925, and was withdrawn in 1965, and sent to Woodham Brothers scrapyard at Barry. It was rescued from there in 1981, and started restoration at the Mid-Hants Railway, and then moved to the Avon Valley Railway in 1986. It is currently (2024) still under active long-term restoration at that location..
Restored from an under-exposed misaligned cyan-colour-shifted original..
Original slide - property of Robert Gadsdon
1971 – 4F Among the Rust..
Taken in April 1971
Ex-LMS 4F 0-6-0 44123 at Barry scrapyards, on a hazy day in April 1971, surrounded by quietly rusting ex-Southern Railway and GWR locos..
44123 had entered service in 1925, and was withdrawn in 1965, and sent to Woodham Brothers scrapyard at Barry. It was rescued from there in 1981, and started restoration at the Mid-Hants Railway, and then moved to the Avon Valley Railway in 1986. It is currently (2024) still under active long-term restoration at that location..
Restored from an under-exposed misaligned cyan-colour-shifted original..
Original slide - property of Robert Gadsdon