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[Lizzie_Zoom]

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Now just demolished by heartless, uncaring, philistines!!

We're lucky that St Pancreas is still standing aren't we, that was ear marked for demolition too! 

Oh yes, it was a very close run thing!!

[Lizzie_Zoom]

The Euston Arch was of course far less fortunate when in 1962 it was demolished:



However, there is now a distinct possibility that it will be rebuilt!!

http://www.eustonarch.org/

 

[Lizzie_Zoom]

.................and this is the fantastic new vision for the rebuilt Euston Arch:



 

[The Red Baron]

wasnt parts on the original arch found quite recently buried or something.

[Pitchfork]

Hey Lizzie i know u love railway engines etc but thought i'd ask u if u like steam tractor engines?

Saw one yesterday rumbling down a coutry lane & i didn't realise how fascinating & superb they actually are 

Where i live is the late Fred Dibnah's home town of Bolton & his house is still standing & preserved as a museum with a working back garden - brilliant!! 

Yes I love them and with my ex used to go to steam fairs down here in the south.

They are absolutely fascinating pieces of engineering equipment, and I particularly love the large showman engines 8-) 8-)

When I was a child I can just remember Tunbridge Wells council still using them to steam roller freshly tar macked roads, with their dancing Invicta horse on the front.

In Chatham we had the factory of Aveling and Porter, who built more of these engines then any other manufacturer, but only a few months ago their old factory was demolished

Here is one at work as originally intended:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/kent/hi/front_page/newsid_8330000/8330293.stm

 

There is a vintage steam collection not far from me:

www.hollycombe.co.uk

Just looked on their website, apparently they have a couple of Aveling and Porter engines in their collection.

Thanks for that, and that is close enough to me for a trip! 8-) 8-)

It's a great place with steam powered Fairground rides, railway & organs - good place to take the kids

[Lizzie_Zoom]

wasnt parts on the original arch found quite recently buried or something.

Yes, 60% of the Arch in a London river!

Please read down through this link for details:

http://www.eustonarch.org/history.html#7

 

[The Red Baron]

wow, what a very interesting link lizzie.

[Lizzie_Zoom]

wow, what a very interesting link lizzie.

Thanks Baron, and I am a member of that campaign!

Please feel free to join 8-) 8-) 8-)

[The Red Baron]

wow, what a very interesting link lizzie.

Thanks Baron, and I am a member of that campaign!

Please feel free to join 8-) 8-) 8-)

i just have lizzie. a worth while cause.

[Lizzie_Zoom]

wow, what a very interesting link lizzie.

Thanks Baron, and I am a member of that campaign!

Please feel free to join 8-) 8-) 8-)

i just have lizzie. a worth while cause.

 

[The Red Baron]

all we need now is to find the supposedly burried cylinders from the lickey banker, now wouldnt that be a great re-build.
rumour had it they were buried in a pit at derby loco works. alas never found though.

[Lizzie_Zoom]

all we need now is to find the supposedly burried cylinders from the lickey banker, now wouldnt that be a great re-build.
rumour had it they were buried in a pit at derby loco works. alas never found though.

Yes Baron a sorely missed icon!   It was pure vandalism when that was dismantled and the planned for preservation cylinders "lost"

A great picture of her there Baron

For those who are not aware, the Lickey Banker was an engine designed for the Midland Railway, later part of the LMS, by Sir Henry Fowler their CME.

The massive 0-10-0 engine 2290 (later 58100 in BR days) weighed 105 tons in full working order was designed for use in just one part of the railway system; the two mile stretch of incline at 1 in 37.5 between Broomsgrove and Blackwell on the Midland Railway line between Birmingham and Bristol. 

It was purely designed to push heavy trains up the incline.  The "Big Bertha" as she was nicknamed started its life in 1919 and was withdrawn in 1956



Note those massive cylinders, of which there was four 8-) 8-)