GWR 4-4-2 No 179 emQuentin Durward/em passes Southall with a down express in c1910.br/ br/ Peter Kerslake says quot;Scottquot; class 179 was one of the batch of nineteen of this class built at Swindon in 1905, the forerunner of the quot;Saintsquot; with many being converted into quot;Saintsquot; between April 1912 and January 1913, this locomotive being so converted in August of 1912.br/ Originally named quot;Magnetquot; from new, with flush fitted nameplates, 179 was renamed quot;Quentin Durwardquot; in March 1907 when names from characters in the novels of Sir Walter Scott were chosen for a number of nameless class members together with a few name changes, as with 179 .br/ Renumbered to 2979 in late Decmber of 1912, and now in the ranks of the quot;Saintsquot; 2979 in her rebuilt form lasted in service until being condemned in January of 1951.quot;br/br/ Photo: Robert Brookman/Rail Archive Stephenson