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A Wee Heavy
And this 'Wee Heavy' was the 1010 King's X to Edinburgh which always loaded to 13 coaches and sometimes to 15. It certainly stretched its rostered Deltic over the warm-up incline to Potters Bar, but then it got going. Here at Stevenage old station (which closed 23 July 1973) it's cruising around 85-90 mph and just touching the down grade to Three Counties.
The Deltic on this occasion, 24 June 1967, was D9001 (55001) St Paddy; this along with 55020 Nimbus the first to the scrap heap, alas.The week of this picture, St Paddy reached its million miles travel signpost!
FP4 film inside a Pentax S1a with 55mm Takumar lens. Copyright photo: Chris Burton
A Wee Heavy
And this 'Wee Heavy' was the 1010 King's X to Edinburgh which always loaded to 13 coaches and sometimes to 15. It certainly stretched its rostered Deltic over the warm-up incline to Potters Bar, but then it got going. Here at Stevenage old station (which closed 23 July 1973) it's cruising around 85-90 mph and just touching the down grade to Three Counties.
The Deltic on this occasion, 24 June 1967, was D9001 (55001) St Paddy; this along with 55020 Nimbus the first to the scrap heap, alas.The week of this picture, St Paddy reached its million miles travel signpost!
FP4 film inside a Pentax S1a with 55mm Takumar lens. Copyright photo: Chris Burton