Dog Whisperer 🐾

I was the temporary custodian of the latest Bachmann Johnson 1P 0-4-4 last week. So once I’d done all my official photography for a well-known retailer, I couldn’t resist popping it on Catcott for a snap where it looks most at home even it its shiny ex works factory finish. 

On the real line to Highbridge these locos were regular performers through to the mid/late 1950s. Sadly none were preserved, for they’d be ideal for a heritage railway, but in the 1950s preservation had yet to take off in a big way. 

Next to the gates, that’s Dougie the dog whisperer deep in conversation with Rufus Hound by the way. They’re midway through a conversation about chewing raw bones, sniffing bumholes, chasing cats and rabbits.