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(Old for new)!
Come the mid 1950s, The Bulleid Merchant Navy would adopt the Walshaert gear invented in 1844 (Some 110 years before), And to also loose its streamlining to become known as a Converted! Its nice to see that some of the lighter (34s) E.G Westcountry, Battle of Britain or Squadron sorts kept their entire form! (For histories sake)! Most such engines were on my old Exmth Jct shed (72A), And many would transfer ‘East’, To return the next day as visitors? On the Pits, I might throw various fires from ‘left to right’ to get at their clinker? Then reverse for the other side! Each time to throw broken clinker out the cab door with the long handled shovel! Quickly, Or the said shovel gets cherry red and deforms? And a pint of the very best brew for he who invented the rocking bars!! For your clinker now to cascade down into the ash pan’s! I would jump off if possible at the coaling chute when loaded with dust, and lumps bigger than a football come raining down! It was unlike todays coal i see on Heritage engines! Their coal looks more like dainty house fire coal, That Mother would order from the coalman! I have overdone the typing again? Next time = The 70ft turntable and to find a shed road to water my engine? And how to kill an engine! And what I would call water lift over to cylinders? For me to remember the old mainline driver saying (Better to Plan for the worse, than to hope for the best)? PS, I’ve only got converted pics’? I need an Unconverted entire Oliver Bulleid engine to travel the GW Penzance road? And when Bulleid retired and lived in Exmouth, I wonder if I ever took him and his Missus Shopping? (Behind my 80064 Riddles)? Don’t know if my M7s, Ivatt’s, or 82 3Mt Standards were preserved/ saved?
