The London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Fowler Class 4F is a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotive designed for medium freight work. They represent the ultimate development of Midland Railway's six coupled tender engines. Many trainspotters knew them as "Duck Sixes", a nickname derived from their wheel arrangement.
44444 at Stockport, 1950
An earlier view of 44458, this time passing Water Orton.
4129 with number on the tender, pre-1928
Preserved 44422 pulls into Holt station on the North Norfolk Railway.
Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, also known as the S&D, SDJR or S&DJR, was an English railway line connecting Bath and Bournemouth, with a branch from Evercreech Junction to Burnham-on-Sea and Bridgwater. Strictly speaking, the main line ran from Bath Junction to Broadstone, as the line between Broadstone and Bournemouth was owned by the London and South Western Railway, while the line between Bath Junction and Bath was owned by the Midland Railway.
The procession celebrating the opening of the Somerset Central Railway
Disused signal box at Wellow, now privately owned
Northbound Somerset & Dorset train climbing up from Shepton Mallet at Windsor Hill in 1959
View northward at Masbury Summit in 1959