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78019 at Thurcaston on the Great Central Railway 78019 LMS and BR Class 2 Locomotive seen here just after leaving Rothley station on it's journey to Leicester North. Darlington works was responsible for building the entire fleet of 65 engines and for a time construction of the LMS and BR designs overlapped. The last No.78064 was completed in 1956 but the class remained intact for just seven years. Coincidentally the first to be withdrawn No.78015 was a Darlington-based engine. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: Panasonic Model: DMC-FZ28 |
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GNR 1744 Near Thurcaston on the Great Central Railway The Great Northern Railway (GNR) Class N2 is an 0-6-2T side tank steam locomotive designed by Nigel Gresley and introduced in 1920. Further batches were built by the London and North Eastern Railway from 1925. They had superheaters and piston valves driven by Stephenson valve gear. Some locomotives were fitted with condensing apparatus for working on the Metropolitan Railway Widened Lines between King's Cross and Moorgate. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: Panasonic Model: DMC-FZ28 |
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Rocket on the Great Central Railway This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: Panasonic Model: DMC-FZ28 |
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70013Oliver Cromwell on the Great Central Railway One of 55 of the "Britannia" class Oliver Cromwell was built at Crewe Works, being completed on 30 May 1951. 70013 was initially allocated to Norwich depot (BR shed code 32A) on the Eastern Region of British Railways and employed on London to Norwich expresses. Some of the Norwich diagrams (the day's operating schedule for a locomotive) required two return trips a day to London totalling 460 miles. The introduction of the Britannia Pacifics revolutionised express services in East Anglia. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: Panasonic Model: DMC-FZ28 |
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Stanier 8F 48624 on the Great Central Railway The London Midland and Scottish Railway's 8F class 2-8-0 heavy freight locomotive is a class of steam locomotive designed for hauling heavy freight. 852 were built between 1935 and 1946 (not all to LMS order) as a freight version of William Stanier's successful Black Five, and the class saw extensive service overseas during and after the Second World War This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: Panasonic Model: DMC-FZ28 |
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1940s weekend on the Great Central Railway This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: Panasonic Model: DMC-FZ28 |
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1940s weekend on the Great Central Railway This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: Panasonic Model: DMC-FZ28 |
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1940s weekend on the Great Central Railway This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: Panasonic Model: DMC-FZ28 |
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1940s weekend on the Great Central Railway This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: Panasonic Model: DMC-FZ28 |
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King on a mission NOT FOR THE PURISTS. . GWR 6023 King Henry II on the Great Central Railway. This picture was taken on Easter Sunday, severely edited to portray speed. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: Panasonic Model: DMC-FZ28 |
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King on a mission NOT FOR THE PURISTS.. GWR 6023 King Henry II on the Great Central Railway. This picture was taken on Easter Sunday. Severely edited to portray speed. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: Panasonic Model: DMC-FZ28 |
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GWR King Henry 11 Number 6023 leaving Loughborough This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: Panasonic Model: DMC-FZ28 |
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GWR king Henry II Number 6023 leaving Loughborough This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: Panasonic Model: DMC-FZ28 |
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Number 78019 leaving Loughborough This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: Panasonic Model: DMC-FZ28 |
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Number 78019 leaving Loughborough This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: Panasonic Model: DMC-FZ28 |
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Oldies weekend on the Great Central Railway The original Stephenson loco Rocket won the Rainhill trials on the Liverpool Manchester Railway This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: Panasonic Model: DMC-FZ28 |
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Oldies weekend on the Great Central Railway The locomotive PLANET nears Rothley This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: Panasonic Model: DMC-FZ28 |
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Oldies weekend on the Great Central Railway A replica of the world famous locomotive ROCKET This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: Panasonic Model: DMC-FZ28 |
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Oldies weekend on the Great Central Railway Furness railway number 20 built at the Atlas Works This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: Panasonic Model: DMC-FZ28 |
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Oldies weekend on the Great Central Railway Sir Berkeley approaches Rothley running light. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: Panasonic Model: DMC-FZ28 |
