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Came across this ABC book whilst looking through some old stuff today. It's probably my last spotters book and although it's not dated, it must be the 1965 edition as the numbers are 'checked' up until late 1964 according to the intro.
Having a quick look through to see what was and wasn't around at the time, all of the 8P Midland region 'Princess' and 'Duchess' classes had gone and the rebuilt 'Scots' and 'Patriots' were reduced to a dozen examples. Stanier's Class 5 4-6-0s and 8F 2-8-0s were well represented, though, with 730 and 641 survivors, respectively.
All of the 'Britannias' were there as were 95% of the 9Fs. Surprisingly, 436 'Austerity' 2-8-0s were still intact - not bad for a war-time 'quick-fix' loco!
Oldest ones that I could find were 5 class 1F Johnson Midland 0-6-0T locos numbered between 41708 and 41835, originally introduced in 1878! J36 0-6-0s from 1888 were represented by 9 examples including 65243 'Maude' which, I believe is still around. There were, also, 16 Isle of Wight Adams class O2 0-4-4Ts listed, originating from 1889.
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