Tangmere...
Tangmere...
......has just reversed into BTM with its service coach in the morning sunlight, lovely site from my office on Temple Quay (and just pulled out going towards Bath as I type !)
See today's Evening Post which also contains a photo of the loco
A STEAM locomotive will pull out of Temple Meads station today sporting a poppy wreath for Armistice Day.
Tangmere, named after a wartime Royal Air Force base in West Sussex, is the only Battle of Britain Class engine working on the national network now.
The locomotive, built in 1947, is viewed unofficially as a memorial engine by the RAF.
Tangmere was due to head to Nottingham for some minor repairs, and the team who run the engine felt it was appropriate to contact the local Royal British Legion branch and put a wreath on the smokebox door for the journey out of the city.
The trip from Temple Meads coincides with the 90th anniversary of the end of the First World War.
Tangmere pulls coaches of passengers in trips across the country, but today only the engine was due to make the journey out of Bristol.
After a week in Nottingham she is due to return for Christmas events.
Responsible officer for the locomotive, John Bunch, said: "When the general public see steam locomotives, particularly the Battle of Britain class built shortly after the war, we get crowds of people asking questions and looking at the engine."
A STEAM locomotive will pull out of Temple Meads station today sporting a poppy wreath for Armistice Day.
Tangmere, named after a wartime Royal Air Force base in West Sussex, is the only Battle of Britain Class engine working on the national network now.
The locomotive, built in 1947, is viewed unofficially as a memorial engine by the RAF.
Tangmere was due to head to Nottingham for some minor repairs, and the team who run the engine felt it was appropriate to contact the local Royal British Legion branch and put a wreath on the smokebox door for the journey out of the city.
The trip from Temple Meads coincides with the 90th anniversary of the end of the First World War.
Tangmere pulls coaches of passengers in trips across the country, but today only the engine was due to make the journey out of Bristol.
After a week in Nottingham she is due to return for Christmas events.
Responsible officer for the locomotive, John Bunch, said: "When the general public see steam locomotives, particularly the Battle of Britain class built shortly after the war, we get crowds of people asking questions and looking at the engine."
