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10 Car
Display at Pitsford and Brampton Station
John Maxwell organised a club stand at
Pitsford and Brampton station on the Northampton and Lamport Railway on
Sunday June 6th. This is one of the smaller preserved railways - more
Vauxhall Conference than Premier Division - but the SMC provided 10 cars
for its second Classic Car Day. The emphasis was firmly on the fifties
8s and 10s, with 8 of them, including 2 Pennants and a Pennant
Companion. Alan and May Withey brought their 1955 8, Phil Hetherington
his 1955 Ten - never fitted with a heater and very rare - Austin Tuckey
his basic 8, Malcolm Graham his 1956 Super Ten, John Russell and
Ray Ferris their Pennants, and the Companion was the well travelled
example of Pete Foster. In addition John Maxwell brought his Flying
Nine, while my 1935 Nine travelled almost 50 miles and was the oldest
Standard there.
We all had a ride on the train, hauled by
a little saddle tank that was built for shunting in Croydon Gasworks.
The line is half a mile long, but you go up and down twice, passing non
stop through the station first in one direction, then the other. It was
a pleasant way to spend a lovely June Sunday.
Pictures and story by Steve O'Hara
A report on the event that you
attended with your Standard car could appear here.
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