Western Queen is right royal success
The Western Locomotive Association’s Class 52 No.
D1040 Western Queen was a popular performer at the Severn Valley Railway’s Platinum Jubilee celebratory weekend from June 2-5. The ‘Western’ (actually No. D1062 Western Courier, temporarily given a new identity for the celebrations) recreated an important member of the distinctive class of diesel hydraulics. The original machine was sadly withdrawn and scrapped in 1976.