Engine Punk

This type of engine captured my imagination many years ago and I recently saw a surviving example of one, having believed - for many years - that the engine in this photo by J E Bell was the only example and had been scrapped by 1968. This engine intrigued me for several reasons. I liked the livery and wondered what colour this engine might have been. Sky blue with gold lining would be mt suggestion from this black and white image. Any sense of dereliction to a Vintage Thing or Fire Drake always makes me want to take that unloved wheeled contrivance home with me. I also felt that, by 1968, this example of rolling sculpture should have been preserved. Best of all, though, was the fact that it had pannier tanks on either side of the boiler. Living in the west country I automatically associated pannier tanks with smart little Great Western engines. This industrial locomotive, built by Bagnall of Stafford, seemed a bit special with its Walschaerts valve gear. I found this photo in Industri...