Locomotive Achilles Class - Windsor, UK - Exact Replicas on Waymarking.com

In 1982 British Railways and Madame Tussauds restored the Windsor railway station, creating an exhibition called Royalty and Railways.

The visitors would be greeted by a scene on the platform depicting the arrival of The Royal Train, complete with figures of station staff and a full size replica train.

A full-size replica steam locomotive GWR 3031 Class named The Queen was built at Steamtown, Carnforth, and this was combined with an ex-London, Brighton and South Coast Railway tender (that had later been a sludge tanker at Guildford loco depot) and fittings from a GWR tender. The locomotive's bogie and rear wheels are also from another GWR tender, butthe large driving wheels are only half complete (the lower half) and they do not sit directly on the rails. This allowed the loco to be rolled into position when the exhibition was built. The replica loco was completed in December 1982 and delivered by road.

The exhibition closed in the late 1990s and almost all of the exhibits were taken away. The locomotive The Queen was too expensive to remove, so rather than being cut up, it was instead incorporated as a feature of a restaurant on the concourse.

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Where is original located?: None of the original class survive Where is this replica located?: Windsor & Eton Central railway station Who created the original?: British Great Western Railway Internet Link about Original: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_3031_Class Year Original was Created (approx. ok): 1891

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