7. Andy Kirkham   Aug 23, 12:41 pm     show options

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Date: 23 Aug 2005 04:41:15 -0700
Local: Tues, Aug 23 2005 12:41 pm
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Stephen Rees wrote:

> "1501"  wrote in news:1124715869.956661.33640
> @g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

> > Whatever happened to The Bullied Pacific 35011 General Steam
> > Navigation.


> > According to http://www.southern-
> locomotives.co.uk/bulleidpacif­ics.html


> > It seem to have been "lost" along with 35009 Shaw Savill and 35010
> Blue
> > Star.


> According to http://www.oriana1960.wanadoo.co.uk/SR%20Bullied%
> 20Merchant%20Navy%20class%204-­6-2%20steam%20locomotives.htm
> or
> http://tinyurl.com/9zrc8


> 35009 Shaw Savill is under restoration at the East Lancashire Railway
> 35011 is stored at the RAF Binbrook airfield in Lincolnshire.


>Andy Kirkham wrote
>In the light of what was posted on another thread (re: building a
>replica standard 2-6-2T) about smaller steam locos being more in >demand
>than pacifics, I wonder how  people would react to the suggestion >that
>there are just too many Merchant Navies preserved. Of course, if
>someone has the money and motivation to buy one and restore it >and
>maintain it, that's their business and I've got no problem with >that.
>But how upset would people be if the class was culled from 11 >preserved
>examples  (more than a third of the number constructed)  to, >ay,  four
>or five?


Dunno about culling Merchant Navy locos but running these big buggers
is getting more and more of a headache.

Perhaps we should settle down to the very occasional mainline outing as
a rich man's indulgence and get on with running class 3, 4 and maybe 5
steam locos exclusively on the heritage lines.

Are you?