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61306 MAYFLOWER - HATTON
LNER designed, BR Built Thompson B1 4-6-0 61306 'Mayflower' climbs slowly up Hatton Bank with the 10:48 1Z44 Paddington - Stratford on Avon Cathedrals Express on 18th October 2015. The CE had been routed through Hatton Down Goods Loop, still laid with bullhead rail, to allow the 1E44 XC Reading - Newcastle to pass on the Down Main and for the 1H57 CR Stratford on Avon - Marylebone to clear the single line from Bearley Junction to Hatton.
61306 MAYFLOWER - HATTON
LNER designed, BR Built Thompson B1 4-6-0 61306 'Mayflower' climbs slowly up Hatton Bank with the 10:48 1Z44 Paddington - Stratford on Avon Cathedrals Express on 18th October 2015. The CE had been routed through Hatton Down Goods Loop, still laid with bullhead rail, to allow the 1E44 XC Reading - Newcastle to pass on the Down Main and for the 1H57 CR Stratford on Avon - Marylebone to clear the single line from Bearley Junction to Hatton.