Clan Line: 25 years of air-braked excellence
Sep 24, 2019
1 minute
JOHN WHITEHOUSE
GAVIN THOMSON
MNLPS
SEPTEMBER marked the 25th anniversary of both the completion of work to fit air-braking to 1948-built Bulleid Pacific and the first time it hauled the VSOE Pullman, now the Belmond British Pullman. Indeed, was the first main line-registered steam locomotive in the heritage era to be air-braked.
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