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Taken yesterday at Locoimotion, Shildon, County Durham.60010 Dominion of Canada and 60008 Dwight D. Eisenhower, outside the main display building at Shildon.
I have to say that I was rather disappointed at the condition of 60010, because she looks as if she's never been given as much as a coat of paint since she was presented to Canada in 1968.
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Umm. can you explain to me, the rectangle shapes on the sides of the A4s as I do not know their purpose so, reduces its beauty, do not see its reason to be there.
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I don't actually know myself, but some of them are presumably access panels, while others will be repairs where corrosion or damage has occurred. My evidence for this is that some are in identical places on all locos (access panels), and some are in unique places (corrosion or damage repairs).
I hope this is a reasonable explanation.
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Yes totally reasonable.
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They are access panels as you expect.
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I already miss 60010.
Used to clean her at my very best.
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I'm sure that yoiu did clean her as best you could, it's just a shame that the museum doesn't have the money to perform regular maintenance, though she is at present undergoing cosmetic (and possibly some other) maintenance, so she should look as good as new when she returns.
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Yes she will!
The museum's main building is gonna be extended.
From what I have been Told she will be in it along Waddon.
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These are GORGEOUS!
I couldn't quite make out the configuration of them though, then I found they are a 4-6-2.
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To me, all the A4s are/were the most beautiful of steam locomotives.
Apparently the streamlining did nothing at all to help their speed, but it did give that overall impression of extreme speed.
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Indeed they are!
Not sure if it gives an impression of speed to me though, It more resembles a great cat springing forward. One could argue that IS indicative of swiftness...
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I don't believe Railfest had the room or money to look after her that well (unlike Waddon being much smaller), at least she doesn't look like 264 Squadron!
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60010 has not been touched since it left the UK, apart from where the front has been stoved in during a shunt.
However, I know the contractor who is repainting these two (he started today as it happens) and he says that 60010 will be a fair easier job to do, because it's decent paint. 60008 has been sprayed with 2 pack paint and will require far more work to restore her.
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She looks like she's never been touched too, and the fact that the paint is a lot more faded and peeling will make it easier to rub down.
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Thanks very much. I do appreciate your comment.
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60010 looks better than all the stuff that came out of barry yard and they have been restored quite nicely. I prefer the original look of 60010 over that fake aluminium paint that's covering 60008.
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There's not just the tatty and faded paintwork, but there are also a lot of bashes and bruises. At least 60008 looks like it's been looked after, even if the paintwork isn't correct.
I know exactly what the locos at Barry looked like, having spent a couple of days walking round the place in it's heyday. And toi say that 60010 has been preserved in a museum for over 40 years, it's condition is disgraceful.
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