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I agree, the Western Region, as was the GWR, were not frightenend to be different, with diesel-hydraulic transmissions being successful in Europe, why did the WR have so many problems with their own machines? Was this merely a lack of understanding by our engineers, or was it with the designers?
Any how, the truth of the matter was that, in my opinion, they were a sight to behold, and the Westerns especially were more streamlined than most designs of their day in that they had basically the same profile as their coaching stock. Incidentally, when I was a young lad I had a small model railway and had two Hymeks, two Warships and a Western, but had to part with them. Funny thing hindsight, now I have a son who is into trains, I wish I had kept them as we are currently building a new layout, they would ahvbe looked great on it!
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