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Beautiful Swiss countryside.

Here is a song which might go with the picture:- www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9NMxvboo3w Cock-a-doodle Doo!

Sister locomotive to www.ipernity.com/doc/2247998/46733952 'Repton'

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The SR V class, more commonly known as the Schools class, is a class of steam locomotive designed by Richard Maunsell for the Southern Railway. The class was a cut down version of his Lord Nelson class but also incorporated components from Urie and Maunsell's LSWR/SR King Arthur class. It was the last locomotive in Britain to be designed with a 4-4-0 wheel arrangement, and was the most powerful class of 4-4-0 ever produced in Europe. All 40 of the class were named after English public schools, and were designed to provide a powerful class of intermediate express passenger locomotive on semi-fast services for lines which could cope with high axle loads but some of which had short turntables. Because of the use of a ‘’King Arthur’’ firebox, rather than the square-topped Belpaire firebox used on the Lord Nelsons, the class could be used on lines with a restricted loading gauge and some of the best performance by the class was on the heavily restricted Tonbridge to Hastings line. The locomotives performed well from the beginning but were subject to various minor modifications to improve their performance over the years. The class operated until 1961 when mass withdrawals took place and all had gone by December 1962. Three examples are now preserved on heritage railways in Britain.

The train originated at Whitby, and will run over the moors to Pickering. Steam Locomotive is a BR Standard 4MT No. 76079, built in 1957. See also www.nymr.co.uk/br-standard-4mt-2-6-0-no-76079 (Thanks to Graham H for this link)

".Rising on tiptoe with the grace and elegance of a nymph in search of the refreshing and invigorating power of spring water after running at breakneck speed to escape successfully a mischievous satyr " created by Beatrice Degan(MARS)

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RAF 100 air display. This picture also appeared in the Biggleswade Chronicle newspaper, Friday 11 May. Part of the write up says "The Lancaster is famous for its part in the 'Dambusters' raids destroying three German dams with the famous bouncing bomb"

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The Piona Priory or Piona Abbey, is a religious complex on the Lecco bank of Lake Como in the territory of the municipality of Colico, northern Italy. The abbey is set at the top of a small peninsula, the Olgiasca, which – like a crooked finger – points into the lake, creating an inlet.