I'm not normally one for going out of my way to see specific engines, but in the words of The Mikado "I've got a little list" of ones that I'd like to see if fortune ever sees me passing by. It's quite fun this way, you never know which one you're going to visit next. With that in mind, yesterday saw me taking a day trip to Liverpool, and despite it also being my first time using Lime Street Station I was more interested in taking a slight detour down to the Museum of Liverpool on the dockside...
I just had go out of my way to see Lion. I must have first been introduced to her through a repeat BBC2 screening of The Titfield Thunderbolt some time around 1998/99, and she's remained a firm favourite of mine ever since. There's just something so pleasing about her appearance, which is slightly odd as if you look at all the individual components (Wheels taller than a boiler, wood clad boiler, that massively tall funnel and overly large copper cap to name a few) on paper they shouldn't compliment each other, but somehow they do.
Looking down from the balcony of the Liverpool Overhead Railway exhibit (Another fantastic reason to visit this place, so many oral recollections to listen to besides physical relics!) she did appear to be quite dusty, but given the tender end is essentially squeezed into a glass panelled bunker I imagine it's not the easiest exhibit to clean.
And finally, in true modern internet fashion, did it really happen unless I include a photo of myself with the old lady? You'll have to forgive the slightly wonky angle, my photographer is still in training!
Another one off the list, but certainly one I wouldn't mind visiting again.
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