[Pete Thornton]

All WE had were drawings

 
And don't underestimate that part... my understanding is that the complete drawings of the loco from British Railways were stored in the National Railway Museum archives. I'm sure one or two were a problem, but they mst have halped make it possible. (Didn't know they almost went in the dumpster, though! Sounds like the Baldwin drawings here that were saved by a private collector as Baldwin didn't want them.)

 

[Pete Thornton]

My enthusiasm got the better of me.


Nice to see such enthusiasm. And well worth it - I also watched the other videos on Youtube, of Thirsk at speed, plus the departure from York and the arrival in Newcastle.

The video reminded me of my youth - bike trips to Croft Spa to take photos of the Streaks on the ECML.


I'll bet the crew were having a blast.  We came back from Port Jervis on an excursion behind C&O 614 a few years ago, and Ross Rowlands had her up to 60-70 mph running through Mahwah.  Memories....