Some GWR tank engine bunker seams

by Russ Elliott

 


1466, Didcot
(with oversize rivets)

1369

5643

5227, Barry

 


1450

1450

5801, Barmouth, post-WWII

1470, Totnes, after renumbering, c 1947
this is the exception to the general construction, with very few snaphead rivets down the seam, and maybe flush-rivets were used on the rest of the seam

 


9400






unknown loco, Newport, 1950s

9400

 


4805, fresh out of the shops in 1932

 


4572, Westbury, 1958