Opening the Victorian Railways D3 Class (D3639 in Red) from Phoenix Reproductions

🎩 VICTORIAN VETERANS 🎩 Two elegant Victorian era steam machines to have graced the West Somerset Railway in recent years 👆Above we see Furness Railway Number 20 which is the country’s oldest working standard gauge steam locomotive. Constructed by Sharp Stewart & Co, this 0-4-0 tender locomotive was one of a batch of eight locomotives constructed for the Furness Railway. It was completed in 1863. 👇 Below we see the sole surviving LSWR T3 No.563. This was one of a class of 20, designed by Will