Looking at the photos shown here there seem to be five engines that I have not seen before. Hopefully, they will be attending Boconnoc or Stithians next year and I will be there to see them. I felt sorry for the poor guys on the Foden and the two engines without canopies. It is not nice having cold Cornish rain soaking you and running down behind your ears. Whereas the poor guys on the Foden looked like they were having a steam bath, how did they ever manage to see out? When these engines worked for a living their crews must have been a hardy breed who were determined to get the job done. Nowadays the whole lot would probably be grounded during bad weather on health and safety grounds!
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