Thanks, all, for the additional stuff. Although I never studied the different standard loco tender types on the Southern I was aware of the differences and why they occurred.
Lovely red Class 2 there, Paul. Reminds me of the red 8F on the GCR. Long changed to black. However it is certainly the owner's prerogative and your non-enthusiast punter likes to see some lovely colours (!) or so I'm told.
That aircraft tug is an interesting project, Tony. Keep us up to date with progress. As we're talking about liveries will it be in the Ruskin livery?
Kier - what stood out for me in those photos was the one of you in the cab of D601. On my second visit I took one photo of the two NBL Warships to use the film up! Wish I'd taken more. They just missed the preservation band wagon - I suspect the thought at the time was that they would just be too technically challenging to restore and maintain.
On to the subjects for today, both Standard 4 4-6-0s and both the double chimney version with large tender..
First is 75078. This was withdrawn from Eastleigh in July 1966. It arrived at Barry in the following November and left in June 1972 to go to the KWVR. It steamed again in 1977. It's currently operational on the KWVR.
This is 75079. It was withdrawn from Eastleigh in November 1966 arriving at Barry in April 1967. It was bought in 1982 for the Plym Valley Railway. In 2007 it was bought by the Mid Hants Railway where it is currently under restoration.
Note the Southern banana van behind endorsed "COND" rather than the roughly painted circular motif which I remember.
Brian