Fowler LMS Compound No 1143 outside Carlisle Kingmoor shed 28th May 1935. Renumbered 41143 by BR on the 13th November 1948 and survived in service until March 1959 withdrawn from 17A Derby SRL No 204
Fowler LMS 2P Class 4-4-0 No 598 on shed at Ayr in June 1930. Based in Scotland all her working life from 1928 until withdrawn at the end of 1959 SRL No 218
Fowler LMS 2P Class 4-4-0 pilots a Patriot Class at an unknown location and date SRL No 653
Fowler LMS 4F 0-6-0 No 4248 at Castle Ashby & Earls Barton station heading west on the Northampton-Peterborough line in the 1930's. Renumbered 44248 by BR in late 1951 and remained in service until withdrawn from 16E Kirkby in Ashfield in September 1964 George John Drysdale/SRL No 206
Fowler lMS Patriot Class 4-6-0 No 5538 'Giggleswick' unknown location and date SRL No 659
Fowler LMS Patriot Class 4-6-0 No 45551 at Carlisle around 1958 SRL No 657
Fowler LMS 7F Class No 9661 on shed at Mirfield. Allocated to 25D in January 1948 so this might date the shot and the stay was only for two years transferring to 26A Newton Heath in October 1950. Withdrawn from 25E Sowerby Bridge at the beginning of 1952 SRL No 207
Johnson 2P Class 4-4-0 No 560 in the yard at Beford in 1935. Fitted with the original Deeley tender, later fitted with the Fowler tender in 1947. Built in 1901 and renumbered 40560 by the LMS in June 1950. Withdrawal came two year later from 16A Nottingham shed SRL No 203
Johnson LMS 1357 Class 0-6-0 No 58236 at Derby its birthplace way back in 1885 SRL No 651
Hughes Crab 2-6-0 No 13064 at Cricklewood in 1930 seen here in its original LMS Crimson Lake livery. Renumbered 42763 by BR in 1949 and remained in service until withdrawn from 21A Saltley 20 January 1962 SRL No 205
Stanier LMS Coronation Class 4-6-2 No 6220 'Coronation' working the Coronation Scot between Glasgow-Euston seen here in blue livery with silver stripes running the length of the train. The Coronation Scot service began 5th July 1937 with five of the streamliners in service for this prestigious train. Location I think is Weaver Junction SRL No 884
Stanier LMS Coronation Class 4-6-2 No ?? going well through Kings Langley station with the up 'Royal Scot' late 1950's SRL No 225
Stanier LMS Royal Scot 4-6-0 No 6101 'Royal Scots Grey' at Stafford seen here with the very first experimental so called Gladstone Collar type smoke deflectors 1928-9. By 1932 the LMS had put the conventional flat sided type deflectors on the class, then angled at the top and finally curved. George John Drysdale/SRL No 209
Stanier LMS Royal Scot Class 4-6-0 No 6110 'Grenadier Guardsman' inside Crewe Works 1930's SRL No 591
Stanier LMS Royal Scot Class 4-6-0 No 6118 'Royal Welch Fusilier' at Crewe in 1933 still paired with the original Fowler tender whcih would be replaced with the larger Stanier type in 1935-6. SRL No 211
Stanier LMS Royal Scot Class No 6119 'Lancashire Fusilier' a lovely composed shot with the Royal Scot taking water on Brock water troughs north of Preston in 1930. Seen here with the flat sided conventional smoke deflectors SRL No 210
Stanier LMS Royal Scot Class 4-6-0 No 6120 'Royal Inniskilling Fusilier' at Crewe in 1928. SRL No 219
Stanier LMS Royal Scot Class 4-6-0 No 6121 'H.L.I' (later renamed 'The City of Glasgow Regiment' 1935-6 seen on the Royal Scot looks like Weaver Junction SRL No 660
Stanier LMS Royal Scot Class 4-6-0 No 6127 'Novelty' at Crewe north around 1927-29 later renamed 'Old Contemptibles' in 1935-6. SRL No 212
Stanier LMS Royal Scot Class 4-6-0 No 6131 'Planet' blowing off at Manchester, London Road station possibly ready to work The Mancunian to London Euston station around 1932. The driver looks on with just one young lad looking on(maybe a staged shot) as plenty of other spotters are to be seen on the far left stairs. Showing a 16 shed plate for Longsight MPD. Later renamed 'The Royal Warwickshire Regiment' in 1935-6. A wonderful shot taken by George John Drysdale of Seaforth, Liverpool/SRL No 213
Stanier LMS Royal Scot Class 4-6-0 No 6136 'Goliath' at Easenhall near Brinklow and Cathiron with the up 'Royal Scot' around 1933 SRL No 588
Stanier LMS Royal Scot Class 4-6-0 No 6139 'Ajax' with the 'Royal Scot' on the approach to Crewe station around 1929-30 later renamed 'The Welch Regiment' in 1935-6 SRL No 216
Stanier LMS Royal Scot Class 4-6-0 No 6140 'The Kings Royal Rifle Corps' at Crewe around 1936 showing a 1B shed plate for Camden. Suggestions are this could be a William Hubert Foster glass plate SRL No 214
Stanier LMS Royal Scot Class 4-6-0 No 6142 'The York & lancaster Regiment' at Berkhampstead in 1933 SRL No 220
Stanier LMS Royal Scot 4-6-0 No ? view northwards at the site of the Britannia Bridge station 1930's which was situated between the gate and the lion statue which closed in the 1860's George John Drysdale/SRL No 654
Stanier LMS Royal Scot Class 4-6-0 No 46110 'Grenadier Guardsman' after arrivla from the north into London Euston station with the station clock showing 3.12pm around 1950-51. On the far left plenty of taxis await passengers for the next journey into the capital. SRL No 215
Stanier LMS Rotal Scot Class 4-6-0 No 46164 'The Artists Rifleman' at Glasgow Polmadie MPD 7th May 1950 SRL No 217
Stanier LMS Royal Scot Class 4-6-0 No 46165 'The Ranger 12th London Regiment' near Bay Horse around 1951 a year before the locomotive was rebuilt William Hubert Foster/SRL No 221
Stanier LMS Royal Scot Class 4-6-0 No 46161 'Kings Own' . The locomotive was rebuilt in October 1946 and is seen here in that form in 1955. Maybe another William Hubert Foster glass plate as purchased with others known to have been taken by him SRL No 222
Stanier LMS Jubilee Class 4-6-0 No 5633 'Trans Jordan' later renamed 'Aden' in September 1946 seen here working through St albans station catching some wonderful light. Note the Heath & Heather Ltd warehouse on the right, herbal specialists and also the now Midland grade 11 signal box of 1863 which was restored by the local preservation society. SRL No 223
Stanier Princess Royal Class 4-6-2 No 6202 'Princess Anne' at Brock water troughs in 1938. Turbomotive designed with a non-condensing boiler powered by turbines not cylinders & conecting rods. Rebuilt at Crewe in 1952 but only in service for a few weeks then one of the locomotives involved in the Harrow accident. J.M.Tomlinson/SRL No 652
Stanier LMS Princess Royal Class 4-6-2 No 6210 'Lady Patricia' unknown location around 1936 SRL No 658
Looking towards Altrincham & Bowdon railway station sometime between 1930-50. Altrincham North signal box on the left a LNWR Type 5 design with 72 levers. Seen here before the corner of the box was altered to allow a clear view of the busy Stockport Road level crossing which the box controlled. Opened in 1908 the box survived until closure in 1991. The station was opened in 1881 on the site of a former station by the Manchester, South Junction & Altrincham Railway. One of a set of glass negatives taken by amateur photographer George John Drysdale who came from the Seaforth area of Liverpool. Born in 1874 in Liverpool, never married and worked as a telephone electrician for the GPO, died in 1948. He was not just interested in the railway but living in Liverpool had the docks and took some superb plates of the RMS Mauretania. George John Drysdale/SRL No 202
