At the time they arrived on the scene, I thought the Brush Type Fours were pretty uninspiring. Built at Loughborough and Crewe, they would soon become ubiquitous. I needed to see just 5 out of the 512 by the time the majority had been withdrawn. As a class, they have certainly displayed longevity, with a significant number of survivors on the main line and the heritage railways today. I’m not sure that John Dyer was that impressed with them in the old days, either, as his collection includes just these 2 shots showing D1734 at Bristol Temple Meads on 1/8/64.
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