GWR locomotive 101

An experimental engine that became a favourite in train sets

GWR 101 Class as rebuilt in 1905 with coal bunker, scrapped in 1911. Photo: Great Western Railway Swindon Works, via Wikipedia.

Back in the 1970s train sets and model railways were very popular. Many boys, at that time trains were usually seen as a boy’s toy, would be given a train set. Most would be happy to watch a train going round a tight circle of t…