Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

Steam Engine spotted in Wood Green.

Stuck in traffic in Station Rd, Wood green yesterday, I saw a green steam engine on the back of a lorry. It's number was 174, (might have been 179). Anybody know anything about this one?

I remembered too late that my newfangled smart phone has a camera.

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Permalink Reply by Gordon T on April 3, 2016 at 13:25

Not much to go on so far, and not the sort of event where you get much time to stand and stare, but do you recall any other details, e.g. was it as wide as the lorry it was on, or rather narrower (which would be the difference between standard gauge and narrow gauge).

There's a green locomotive numbered 178 - was it anything like this below?

Permalink Reply by Madeline on April 3, 2016 at 16:15

The nearest I can find offhand is this one:-

It wasn't the full length of the trailer though.

Permalink Reply by Gordon T on April 3, 2016 at 21:51

Well there is an apple green locomotive of that class, picture below, but its number is rather different:

Permalink Reply by Glenn Wallis on April 8, 2016 at 2:00

The penny has just dropped! It was Gresley designed GNR N2 0-6-2 suburban tank No. 1744 on its way to Bounds Green for unloading to appear at Kings Cross allong with a Gresley designed restaurant car for the unveiling of a new statue of its designer (and also designer of 'Flying Scotsman' and 'Mallard') Sir Nigel Gresley. Gresley's office when LNER Chief Mechanical Engineer was in the West Side offices at "The Cross".

Permalink Reply by Gordon T on April 8, 2016 at 7:27

Glenn, thank you very much. I was puzzled what any loco was doing in Wood Green, with no preserved railway nearby. And I didn't see any footage of the train in the news stories about unveiling the statue - all the focus was on the absence of a mallard duck as part of the statue!

Permalink Reply by Les e39 on April 8, 2016 at 8:55