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Western Thunderer
I recently posted a comment that rebuilt Scots and Baby Scots were my favourites at Tamworth in the late 1950s. Running at speed they gave a more powerful impression than any other locomotive and I have always put this down to the smoke deflectors (or blinkers as we called them). But at New Street the best looking locos were the Bushbury (3B) Jubilees. Always immaculate on the 2 hour expresses to Euston, they stood proud at the end of Platform 3, waiting to attack the incline through the Worcester Street tunnel under the Bull Ring. Trainspotters of the day congregated at the London end of Platform 6, this giving a view of trains on the Midland side of the station as well.
The good news is that several Jubilees were preserved, even Galatea with its missing driving axle, and have demonstrated their worth on numerous main line excursions over the years. My Philip Hawkins print of 45688 Polyphemus entering New Street with the down Midlander hangs in the Railway Room, looking down at 7mm Moor Street.
The good news is that several Jubilees were preserved, even Galatea with its missing driving axle, and have demonstrated their worth on numerous main line excursions over the years. My Philip Hawkins print of 45688 Polyphemus entering New Street with the down Midlander hangs in the Railway Room, looking down at 7mm Moor Street.
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