Collet was requested to prepare a streamlined version of the King and Castle, something that he was not interested in, so he sent someone out for a pack of plasticine and smeared it over some desk paperweight models, saying build that then.

The covers over the motion were removed first because of access problems and the rest later. The King always kept its wedge shaped cab front and I have a photo, taken by my father, of it standing in Shrewsbury station when I was about three years old on one of our trainspotting days out.

Robin