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Coming back on the train this afternoon from Whiston to Mancland, we passed an old steam train - I'm sure someone will tell me it's name and what is was doing on that line!
Pah! Where's Project when you want him??
I think it might have been called Thomas.
Nah, it didn't have a smiley face...
Stephenson's Rocket has been known to travel down that route once or twice
Went past the back of my house this very morning that did.
Give is a clue - colour perhaps?
Colour? Errrm, think it may have been dark green, but aren't they all?
(guess that rules out Thomas, iirc, he's blue 🙂 )
And it had some old fashioned carriages, which may (or possibly may not) have been cream and maroon.
Might have been Tornado? That does mainline steam services I think.
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Sir Nigel Gresely - any relation of yours Lady G?
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My name comes from where I used to live, also Sir Nigel was the son of the vicar of Netherseal, a couple of miles from where I lived as a child.
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No child should have that face haunting them.
I think it might have been called Thomas.Nah, it didn't have a smiley face...
Probably Gordon then, miserable old sod.
If it was late afternoon then it was GWR Castle Class 4-6-0 no 5043 'Earl of Mount Edgcumbe', running between Tyseley Warwick Rd and Liverpool Lime St