Bradstock Loco

Quintus

Western Thunderer
Apart from the obvious difference in the cabs, there are a few more detail differences between the 57xx and 8750 panniers, mainly on the tank tops. Tank fillers and whistle shields are easy enough to spot, but also the pipes to the top feed have slightly different runs due presumably to the tank bracing straps being of different profiles. Whether this is peculiar to preserved examples or not I cannot say.

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Quintus

Western Thunderer
A close up shot of the "fitters store", which contains tools and a few spare parts. As there are no fitters permanently based at Bradstock, they are usually sent over from Bristol on an "as required" basis.
A pile of brake shoes and a few fire bars lying around indicating there maybe someone in attendance today.
The hand trolley has probably been "borrowed" from the P-Way dept, no doubt to move heavy components.
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