Please tell me the class of train in picture

[AnthonyRail]

Hi all. Been offered this for £10 on Facebook. I'm interested but can't decide if it's a Britannia or 9F.

Anyone help me please.

9F on freight.

Did Brits ever work freight trains?

 

[GusB]

The photo is a bit on the blurry side, but it looks like a 9F - Evening Star is my guess.

 

[Ash Bridge]

I'd plump for a 9F, and agree with Gus on it being Evening Star.

 

[AnthonyRail]

Thanks guys. Gone down to £5 so I will buy it.

 

[Cowley]

I'd plump for a 9F, and agree with Gus on it being Evening Star.

Me too! (And Happy Christmas to all three of you )

 

[Mag_seven]

Please tell me the class of train in picture

It's a kettle.

 

[deltic14]

It is Evening Star. The picture I think appeared on a Hornby catalogue in the 70's or one similar. If so it is a print of an original by Terrence Cuneo. If there is a small mouse in the picture then it is a Cuneo.
Brits did work freights especially in their last years. Carlisle to Bradford was a regular turn.

 

[Ash Bridge]

Me too! (And Happy Christmas to all three of you )

Thanks Mr Cowley, my best wishes to you down in far GWR country too!

 

[big all]

as you can easily count three driving axles to where the connecting rod end is
as the connecting rod tended to be centrally placed on the side rod driving wheels to reduce unevenes this suggests 5 driving axles rather than britania with just three??

 

[AM9]

Here is a better online image of the picture itself:
http://www.merlinprints.com.au/assets/full/cun27.jpg?1499386921
The image on that link is still not good enough to see where the mouse is but it is probably standing on a rails or sleeper of the adjacent track.
Triang Hornby featured it on the cover of their 17th edition of the model railway catalogue inn 1971.

 

[30907]

Here is a better online image of the picture itself:
http://www.merlinprints.com.au/assets/full/cun27.jpg?1499386921
The image on that link is still not good enough to see where the mouse is but it is probably standing on a rails or sleeper of the adjacent track.
Triang Hornby featured it on the cover of their 17th edition of the model railway catalogue inn 1971.

Think the mouse may be by the nearside rail, by the chair in the shadow of the telegraph pole. But in any case the Cuneo signature is bottom left.

 

[pdeaves]

The mouse is up telegraph pole, first right.

 

[AM9]

The mouse is up telegraph pole, first right.

Even on an enthusiasts forum, there's so much interest in finding a rodent on a Cuneo picture.

 

[HSP 2]

The picture on the chair looks interesting, looks like a David Shepard (not sure on the spelling) of Nine Elms, or Old Oak.

If these were the origin paintings you would be looking in the £10k plus bracket.

 

[Geoff Endacott]

The mouse is up telegraph pole, first right.

The mouse is indeed masquerading as the bottom right insulator on the telegraph pole.

Geoff Endacott