Cutaway Steamer at Manchester Museum

tomgears · **Posted:** Mon Jan 18, 2010 3:41 pm

This came through on my Flickr feed:

I always find cutaways interesting.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/harry_nl/4279740292/

Bob Davis · **Joined:** Sat Aug 28, 2004 3:25 am **Posts:** 1025

Looks like another "must see" if I ever visit Manchester again. I was there in 1993 to ride the then-new light-rail system. Is the Museum anywhere near the "tram" line?

sleepermonster · **Joined:** Sat Sep 12, 2009 5:57 pm **Posts:** 100

Easy walking distance from the trams; the nearest metrolink station is the G-MEX stop. There are about four museums rolled into one here, including the 1830 built Liverpool Road Station. On the railway side they sometimes operate a replica Liverpool & Manchester "Planet".

Tim

Bob Davis · **Joined:** Sat Aug 28, 2004 3:25 am **Posts:** 1025

Thanks for the quick response! I saw and did many interesting things on that trip (including running one of the cars on the Manx Electric Railway), but one can never run out of things to do in the home of railroading.

Frisco1522 · **Posted:** Tue Jan 19, 2010 5:48 pm

There was a rumor floating around St. Louis that the DL&W 952 would be a good candidate for that, being a camelback and all.

Stephen Hussar · **Posted:** Tue Jan 19, 2010 6:19 pm

What's more, the blurred spokes indictate that her wheels/rods are in motion...it doesn't get any better than that.

Stephen

SLSFfan · **Joined:** Mon Nov 16, 2009 9:22 pm **Posts:** 16

Frisco1522 wrote:

There was a rumor floating around St. Louis that the DL&W 952 would be a good candidate for that, being a camelback and all.

I'm 100% sure I'm not gonna be the only one to say this, thats a HORRIBLE idea, the main reasons some cutaways are the way they are is because there is many more of that type of steamer left, theres only 3 camelbacks left (unless u count the 2 b&o camels, then its 5)

tomgears · **Posted:** Tue Jan 19, 2010 7:33 pm

I thinking he is joking about the camelback.