I know they all disappeared 50 years ago, but please, Sir, can I have a steamer or five?
45573 Newfoundland - because it was the only loco I ever drove.
Well, ok - slight exaggeration.
I opened the regulator.
At the invitation of the driver, of course.
He had to jump and close it again rather rapidly as I gave it a bit too much of a yank and we went into wheelspin. Light engine
46245 City of London - my first ever Coronation. A red-maroon gleaming beauty monster rolling past my diminutive frame at Nuneaton. It was like being next to a spaceship.
34102 Lapford - my first ever unrebuilt Bulleid. It too felt like it was from another planet. Spam Cans were definitely special.
And if I can have a couple of foreigners - 141R 682 which always seemed to have a clag motor in the smomebox on the Bologne s Mer - Amiens run. And any SAR 25NC - one of the most beautiful locomotive designs on the planet.