Image 5051, outward leg of The John Mynors Memorial, London Paddington-Bridgnorth (SVR), Hatton Bank SP226663
5051, outward leg of The John Mynors Memorial, London Paddington-Bridgnorth (SVR), Hatton Bank SP226663
5051, outward leg of The John Mynors Memorial, London Paddington-Bridgnorth (SVR), Hatton Bank SP226663 A dramatic photograph of 5051 ‘Drysllwyn Castle’ as it approaches the summit of Hatton bank just near the station of the same name. The locomotive is proudly wearing the headboard commemorating John Mynors who bought Drysllwyn Castle from Barry (along with four other GWR locomotives) and financed its return to steam. He died suddenly at the age of fifty-seven on 31.03.79. According to a locomotive performance log that I have discovered on the internet, at this point on Hatton bank 5051 was doing a creditable forty-three miles per hour. However, that particular log erroneously has 5051 as 'Earl Bathurst' but on this day Didcot turned it out with its original Drysllwyn Castle plates as carried for just one year from new in 1936. Keywords: 5051 The John Mynors Memorial, London Paddington-Bridgnorth SVR Hatton Bank SP226663
5051, outward leg of The John Mynors Memorial, London Paddington-Bridgnorth (SVR), Hatton Bank SP226663 A dramatic photograph of 5051 ‘Drysllwyn Castle’ as it approaches the summit of Hatton bank just near the station of the same name. The locomotive is proudly wearing the headboard commemorating John Mynors who bought Drysllwyn Castle from Barry (along with four other GWR locomotives) and financed its return to steam. He died suddenly at the age of fifty-seven on 31.03.79. According to a locomotive performance log that I have discovered on the internet, at this point on Hatton bank 5051 was doing a creditable forty-three miles per hour. However, that particular log erroneously has 5051 as 'Earl Bathurst' but on this day Didcot turned it out with its original Drysllwyn Castle plates as carried for just one year from new in 1936. Keywords: 5051 The John Mynors Memorial, London Paddington-Bridgnorth SVR Hatton Bank SP226663


A dramatic photograph of 5051 ‘Drysllwyn Castle’ as it approaches

the summit of Hatton bank just near the station of the same name. The locomotive is proudly wearing the headboard commemorating John Mynors who bought Drysllwyn Castle from Barry (along with four other GWR locomotives) and financed its return to steam. He died suddenly at the age of fifty-seven on 31.03.79. According to a locomotive performance log that I have discovered on the internet, at this point on Hatton bank 5051 was doing a creditable forty-three miles per hour. However, that particular log erroneously has 5051 as 'Earl Bathurst' but on this day Didcot turned it out with its original Drysllwyn Castle plates as carried for just one year from new in 1936.