Western Times - Issue 9 Spring 2024

In this issue we also begin a benchmark multi-instalment article titled ‘The Pannier Story’, commencing by exploring the origins of this means of locomotive water storage, and of its habitual companion, the Belpaire boiler. The convoluted history of the ‘3521’ Class concludes with a description of its re-incarnation in two distinct styles of 4-4-0 tender engines. The Bulletin of the Great Western Trust provides a window on another aspect of the company from the everyday viewpoint, this time in recounting customer opinions about pre-World War 1 Dining Car standards. And once again, valuable reader feedback is provided through Guard’s Compartment.