[Colombo]

I found this photo of British built pacific dating from 1952 on a web site for the Iraqi Railways.

Iraqi streamlined pacific.

It was one of three, I think, built in Britain. This one was named Baghdad, another was El Basra, predictably.
The streamlining seems to be a bit like a Coronation/A4 cross.

Use the right arrow to see what else you can recognise.

Colombo

 

[Dennis David]

It won't blow up if I select the right arrow will it?

 

[dwb]

>It won't blow up if I select the right arrow will it?
What did you have for breakfast? Happy pills??

David

 

[Rail-Rider]

What an interestingly, unusual site - a great find!
It does indeed look like "a Coronation/A4 cross"!
A very handsome beast - I like it a lot, other than being in rough condition and a somewhat ill-matched tender of which there is a better shot further into the site, as well as another partially dismantled member of the same class. I am sure these would have looked wonderful when new.

Thanks for something that is definitely a little out of the ordinary that is also really attractive.

 

[neil_s_wood]

It looks pretty good. It's not every day you come across a new British streamlined loco. I wonder why they didn't make them to run in the UK?

 

[Lancashire Fusilier]

Quite an interesting prototype to model wouldn't you think? "Yes dear, just off to Iraq to take some photos for my model railway...."