LMS No. 10000

  • No. 10000 and the ‘Royal Wessex’

    No. 10000 and the ‘Royal Wessex’

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    The recent photos in The RM of No. 10000 working the ‘Royal Wessex’ (and the Up express at Bournemouth Central) reminded me of the problems associated with the running of this train when it was introduced in 1951. The Up and Down ‘Wessex’ was covered by two separate Bournemouth diagrams; originally light Pacifics were rostered. …

  • Feature | Re-creating Ivatt’s LMS diesel pioneer

    Feature | Re-creating Ivatt’s LMS diesel pioneer

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    No. 10000 was withdrawn in 1963 and 10001 in 1966, and both were sent for scrapping in 1968.

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