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WFD Branch – ‘The Forgotten Standard’, by Ian Crowder, 7th October 2025

Tue 7th October @ 19:00 - 21:30

A last moment of glory for Standard Class 4 2-6-0 No. 76077 when it was in charge of the LCGB Warrington and Widnes Brake Van Railtour on 5th August 1967. The trip only covered 40 miles but involved 26 visits, run-rounds and reversals, to yards and sidings in Lancashire, many by then out of use. The tour started and finished at Earlestown and, in this fine image by an unknown photographer, 76077 - specially cleaned for the occasion - is sitting astride the diamond crossings at Widnes Dock Junction No. 4 signal box. All this is now swept away to be replaced by the approach road to the new Runcorn bridge over the River Mersey. Travellers from the train, which comprised mainly standard BR brake vans, wander round at will. Image Credit: Ian Crowder, courtesy Colour-Rail (© Colour-Rail).

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IAN CROWDER – “The Forgotten Standard”. Ian Crowder is Marketing Director of Toddington Standard Locomotive Ltd (TSLL), owners of Standard Class 4 2-6-0 No. 76077 and which is nearing the end of its restoration for use on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway.  In this two-part lavishly-illustrated presentation, he firstly describes the development of the Standard Class 4 2-6-0s and 76077 in particular; its delivery to Sutton Oak (8G) depot and its typical use until withdrawn in December 1967 and subsequent transfer to Barry scrapyard.  The second part explains its rescue by Chris Hinton and long term storage at Toddington, when the locomotive became almost forgotten.  Acquired by TSLL in 2018, it has undergone very rapid restoration, funded thanks to a vigorous marketing campaign, with a number of technical challenges overcome along the way.  The progress is brought completely up-to-date including the current overhaul of the boiler at Leaky Finders in Devon.

Please note this is a physical meeting, doors open from 18:30 for 19:00 commencement of proceedings.

Details

Date:
Tue 7th October
Time:
19:00 - 21:30

Organiser

WFD Watford branch

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Presenter
Ian Crowder
Host
Geoff Plumb
Event Contact
07710 172758 or: watfordchair@rcts.org.uk

Venue

WFD Watford
Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Clarendon Road
Watford, WD17 1JJ United Kingdom + Google Map
Phone
01923 241858
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