Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: gwr

Here's ex-GWR #5972 "Olton Hall" a.k.a. "Hogwarts Castle" pulling "The Wizard Express" into York after a run to Scarborough, taking advantage of the Harry Potter craze for all it's worth. In actual fact, not only is the story pure fantasy, but so is the paint scheme and name on "Olton Hall!" It's a Great Western Hall Class, not a Castle Class (Castles were 4-cylinder, while Halls were 2), and Great Western painted their locomotives Brunswick Green, not red!! Oh well, one would have to assume that everyone enjoyed themselves on this particular day.

This is...yet another Battersea Park shot!! :-) This time, though, instead of viewing it from the LB&SCR mainline, we're seeing it from the old GWR. I think that this shot may in some ways be much better than the other one, though, in spite of the better detail on the other one. I like the color and contrast on this one better.