Mystery Photo on Ebay

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Mystery Photo on Ebay
Topic Started: 10 Mar 2009, 08:49 PM (435 Views)
Nick Tozer	10 Mar 2009, 08:49 PM Post #1
Chief Engineer Posts: 363 Group: Member Member #88 Joined: January 30, 2007	Only just seen this mystery photo on ebay ... have a feeling it is Folkestone ... any better suggestions?



P Scott	11 Mar 2009, 08:40 PM Post #2
Cleaner Posts: 162 Group: Friends of MRMT Member #60 Joined: November 24, 2006	Yes, I saw that and was most interested. Perhaps whoever wins it - could us know when they have seen the original in better definition. Peter S.



dereksmith	12 Mar 2009, 02:43 PM Post #3
Cleaner Posts: 155 Group: Member Member #271 Joined: September 28, 2007	I am pretty certain it is Folkestone. There is a building on the cliff face in the picture which more or less gives the location. I attach another picture of Folkestone that I have. Attached to this post: folkestone_miniature_rauilway.jpg (27.36 KB)
	Derek Smith dereksmith@whitstablepier.com


Nick Tozer	12 Mar 2009, 07:00 PM Post #4
Chief Engineer Posts: 363 Group: Member Member #88 Joined: January 30, 2007	Thanks for the replies ... as the lucky new owner of this photo I attach a scan of it. Attached to this post: Picture_007.jpg (79.56 KB)



mattscrutton	16 Apr 2009, 09:11 PM Post #5
Guard Posts: 133 Group: Member Member #372 Joined: December 12, 2007	aha. I also bought a postcard showing Folkestone dated 1953 which depicted "Lord Radnor" (the loco in the picture) off ebay and presented it to its current owner. Perhaps you'd be interested in some loco history. She was built by Curwen in 1947 to the unusual gauge of 7 1/2" (odd for the UK anyway). She was moved around a bit before being bought by "Uncle Mac" (A B Macleod) and rebuilt at the Greywood Central railway to 7 1/4" gauge, they also took the liberty of binning Curwens Baker valve gear and fitting Walchearts. She still runs to this day, and I have the pleasure of seeing her every time I walk into the engine shed at the Great Cockcrow Railway. Shes an interesting engine to drive. Until recently her firebars had distorted so much you essentially were keeping two seperate fires going in the firebox. One at front and one at back. This made lighting up tricky. When I passed my shunters test at the GCR the first loco I was told to fire up was....you guessed it. Was a good test of skill and I didn't muck it up too badly (took 30 minutes longer to steam up though!). Shes had new firebars installed so you have one big fire and it all works a bit better Here's a picture of her with her current owner who has owned her for a very long time now. Shes been dolled up to actually look like a Southern S15 since she was at the Greywood Central. She goes well, is robust in the typical Curwen fashion and is on her original Goodwin (or whoever it was who built Curwens boilers) boiler from 1947. She no longer carries her name however, something that I feel is a pity. http://greatcockcrowrailway.photosnaps.org.uk/p40648753.html Edited by mattscrutton, 16 Apr 2009, 09:19 PM.


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