Lady of Legend. GWR Steam locomotive footplate ride. East Somerset Railway UK. New Build Steam Loco.

Описание: Lady of Legend run-round footplate ride on this NEW Great Western Railway engine at the East Somerset Railway UK. Completed in 2019 to a design by George Jackson Churchward and constructed at Didcot Railway Centre in Didcot, Oxfordshire, England UK.
Lady of Legend, No. 2999 is a Great Western Railway 2900 “Saint” Class 4-6-0 new build steam locomotive. It is based on the frames and boiler of GWR 4900 “Hall” Class No. 4942 Maindy Hall,
The last of this class was 2920 Saint David and was withdrawn from service in October 1953.
The original locomotives were built in the years 1902 - 1913.
Part of the Saint Class project is the “Atlantic option”. This engine, as completed, is to be run primarily in its 4-6-0 configuration. However, there is provision in the design for the locomotive to be converted and run as an GWR Atlantic 4-4-2 as thirteen examples were originally built for assessment purposes. When converted to an Atlantic the number and name of this new locomotive will also change to 191 and expected names include Atlantic and Churchward.
The number the locomotive now carries represents as a newly built member of the class. The last original constructed Saint in this class being No.2998, Ernest Cunard. Early Saints were named after historical, mythological or poetical “Ladies”, which explains the name Lady of Legend chosen for 2999.

East Somerset Railway
Cranmore Railway Station, Cranmore, Shepton Mallet BA4 4QP UK.
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