Category Archives: Standard 4 Photo Collection

Blog on the trials and tribulations collecting images of all 115 BR Standard 4 2-6-0s in service

Let’s get this blog going again

Posted on 04/11/2013 by Eric Bond

With our locomotive very close to returning to traffic  this blog would be the ideal vehicle to share all things 76084 especially sightings and trips/experiences behind her. We are receiving requests for her use away from NNR during their close … Continue reading →

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Sorry we have been away for a while but there hasn’t been too much to report until recently. We have started a couple of threads that you might be interested in so have a look around the blog site.

Posted on 04/02/2012 by Eric Bond | Leave a comment

Another 76084 Sighting

Posted on 01/16/2012 by Eric Bond

I took one of our youngest shareholders to the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway on a cold and sligthly wet Saturday recently. They were using an 08 shunter to manipulate the stock into their winter formation which kept the 3 … Continue reading →

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The End is in Sight

Posted on 07/05/2011 by Eric Bond

Have recently got hold of a copy of the OPC ‘The Power of the BR Standard 2-6-0s’ and found a number of images of locos missing from my collection. I am now down to the last one – 76094 of … Continue reading →

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End of Steam Photos

Posted on 06/21/2011 by Eric Bond

Found this title this weekend. I paid £7 for it then noticed the cover price was £5.50 (in 1980). I have been looking for sometime for images of 76084 at Wigan Springs Branch and thought I had found gold when … Continue reading →

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End in sight

Posted on 03/29/2011 by Eric Bond

So I’ve bought images from eBay from as far away as Spain. I’ve trawled the ‘net through Google. I’ve been supplied with images from 76084 Locomotive Company Limited shareholders. I’ve cut images out of magazines. And I’ve scanned images from … Continue reading →

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Getting images 2 – from Google

Posted on 03/28/2011 by Eric Bond

Most search engines will allow an image search. I wonder if Google is the world’s favourite search engine or put another way does Google crawl across the most web pages? My experience says it does. Type an individual locomotive engine … Continue reading →

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Locomotives Illustrated #26

Posted on 03/20/2011 by Eric Bond

Well I managed to get hold of a copy of the above magazine which focuses on the BR Standard 2-6-0 locomotives of which there were 3 classes examples of 2 being preserved. It was published before 1983 (couldn’t find a date … Continue reading →

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Getting 76xxx Images 1 – eBay

Posted on 03/20/2011 by Eric Bond

Having been informed by eBay that the colour of your star changes at certain mileposts I wondered what I could buy/sell to reach my next account  milepost. Then the post of Publicity Officer came along and an interest in all … Continue reading →

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Photos of the 76xxx Class

Posted on 03/20/2011 by Eric Bond

I started to collect images of the 76xxx class in the summer of 2010 and I have managed to get quite a few together. There are some that do not appear in internet-wide searches but I am now being patient. … Continue reading →

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