Locomotive 6695 is one of a class built for the Great western railway between 1922-1928. It is reported that they ran better in reverse than they did in forward gear. The class was withdrawn between May 1963 and December 1965.
I am semi-retired after a career in medical sciences. I now work from home doing independent research and consultancy amongst other things. One advantage of this is that I do have time to indulge my interests including birdwatching, natural history, steam trains and history particularly ancient history.
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That’s a good looking engine!
Unfortunately as it was early in the season only 30053 was in steam and so didn’t get the chance to see it in action.