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Originally Posted by swisstrains
Hi Bookman,
There are many photos of the original "Red Dragon" in railway books especially ones by George Heiron but they are few and far between on the Internet.
There is a photo of a Castle being prepared to work the "Red Dragon" here:-
http://www.davidheyscollection.com/userimages/j-payne-5077-red-dragon.jpg and this site has greetings cards and prints which feature a Britannia hauling the "Red Dragon" at Newport:-
http://asp.kandles.co.uk/acatalog/Greeting_Cards.html
I should have mentioned it earlier but for a while there were actually two "Red Dragon" trains operating. The main one that we are talking about and a local shuttle that ran in North Wales between Rhyl and Llandudno |
Hello Swisstrains
Thanks for the useful info. I've had a look at the sites you mentioned and I agree with the one that says there could hardly be a better name for a steam engine than The Red Dragon. Standing on the platform at Bridgend as a small boy it really felt like a monster had entered our world, breathing smoke and steam - one could not expect that it would stop and allow one to hitch a ride! Those were the days.
Kind regards
Tony