6023 King Edward II

[mow]

Visited Didcot to take some photographs of King Edward II in the early BR Blue Express livery.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/16582147@N ... 507571951/

Perhaps it will run to Bristol once it is let out onto the mainlines.

[bristolian]

Visited Didcot to take some photographs of King Edward II in the early BR Blue Express livery.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/16582147@N ... 507571951/

Perhaps it will run to Bristol once it is let out onto the mainlines.

Very Nice!

[Blackthorn]

Great pictures.

I think it looks rather nice in the experimental blue livery (I'm sure the purists would disagree with that statement ). I must confess I do have a fascination with the early British Railways period and how the railways were in a state of flux for quite a while until things really got organized.

Mark.

[jules]

Nothing wrong with blue

As BR proved in the late 60s and 70s, everything should be painted blue.

Unfortunately, that included our garden fence, the gate, the garage ... and right down to the clanky old outhouse toilet cistern!

It should have had a double arrows logo and a number on it too

[mow]

I hadn't noticed that the engine has no glazing in the cab, other than some glass on the drivers's side.

This link takes you to a video of the engine on the turntable at Didcot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlSFLRnklYQ