[Trev]

This might seem like a straightforward question, but I thought I'd ask it anyway.

A few weeks ago, I was reading about the arrival in Hull in 66/67 of several of the diesel hydraulic Class 14's, displaced from the South Wales area. They were sent up here to replace WD 2-8-0's on trip workings between the various yards and docks that were in the city. But how did they get up here? I realise that they would have got here by rail of course, but would they have wended their way up under their own power, or been dragged by something a bit faster. And how many would have arrived at any one time?

Same question goes for transfers between depots of the other shunting classes. I can recall one of the Hull Botanic Gardens 03's being sent to Norwich, for example, but how would it have got there?

I'm asking because I don't recall ever having seen a photo of a shunter in transit, and yet I would have thought that such a thing would have been an interesting shot in itself. Maybe not in transit on the main line (I suppose that was done at night), but maybe a photo of a loco on its way to its new home having a layover during the daytime.

Any thoughts anyone?