Black Five Thursday
As far as I know, Bath shed’s ‘Black Five’ 45440 never worked the Highbridge line, or any of the other ‘Fives’ for that matter.
But it would appear otherwise, this photograph at Catcott being proof. But with ‘control’ being far far away, it’s probably completely unofficial, with the rostered engine in fact being a ‘Jinty’ or something similar.
That’s Beryl’s supercharged Austin 7, and even at 95 she’s still a bit of a goer, Beryl that is, not the car quite so much which keeps blowing its head gasket.
I’m not sure where Beryl is in this photo, but she does like a man with a big hot sweaty steamy locomotive, so is probably on the footplate.
Go Beryl, the original ‘brat granny’!