Days Out: Bressingham Steam & Gardens

A wonderful and diverse collection of steam power at Bressingham Steam & Gardens.

[@reesochacon1448]

Also, Steven, you'll be glad to know that the next episode I will cover for my series will be on the Claud Hamiltons: all six variants of Classes D14, D15/1, D15/2, D16/1, D16/2, and D16/3. It should also be noted that No. 62613 was going to be saved by Alan Bloom. However, this came to nothing.

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Fun fact: On my last visit to Bressingham, my then partner and I found that the locomotives that would be the best candidate for restoration were E4 No. 490 and J69 No. 87. No. 87 would also make the most logistical sense, given the length of the demonstration line.

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Both national collection locomotives

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@@alexc1924 Still, anything is possible.

[@joshslater2426]

I kinda like having them on display though. No. 87 is one of my all time favourite preserved locos and I’d rather see it back on display at York rather than wearing itself out on heritage lines.

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​@@alexc1924 Both were also cosmetically overhauled at Stratford after withdrawal. It's honestly surprising as well that the J69 and E4 are kept in excellent condition mechanically and cosmetically but the preserved J17, also part of the National Collection is a mechanical FUBAR.