The Didcot Railway Museum — Spring 1977
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Left: A modern British Rail train similar to the one on which we arrived from Oxford. Right: A Great Western 0-6-0T. Click on images to enlarge them
Left: A modern British Rail train similar to the one on which we arrived from Oxford. Right: A Great Western 0-6-0T. Click on images to enlarge them
Two old steam engines double-heading it for the fans.
The buffers and vacuum hose on the front of a British locomotive, so different from the American air brake and coupling system.
Left: A set of locomotive driving wheels, painted, I assume, with primer. Right: Stewart Lanham writes that “the locomotive is a standard gauge tramway engine previously operated by the Wantage Tramway Company. Wantage is a market town to the west of Didcot, south-southwest of Oxford. The tramway was built to run alongside the turnpike and connected with the Great Western Railway main line about two miles north of the town. The locomotive was not original to the tramway but was the last engine to operate before the line closed and was originally preserved adjacent to the main line before moving to Didcot. It is a George England 0-4-0WT [well tank – the water tank being between the frames].”
Left: An engine with the boiler front opened for maintenance or for visitors to see the innards. Right: A Great Western goods wagon with a locomotive behind it.
The repair sheds.
