National Railway Museum - C1

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National Railway Museum - C1

Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 30 Oct 2017

This is O V S Bulleid's WWII austerity Q class named using the continental notation system as C1 or using the more familiar system it is an 0-6-0 tender engine. It's a 'Marmite' engine and my impression as a youth was that it was wretchedly ugly but now it's grown on me and I appreciate the elegance of Bulleid's stripped down design. My steam interest started with stationary steam where there is more readily apparent variety but I have come to enjoy the quirkier aspects of locomotive steam and would recommend the technical works by David Wardale and Chapelon.

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