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British Railways Class 7MT 70000 'Britannia'

Preserved and mainline certified British Railways Standard 'Britannia' Class 7MT 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive 70000 'Britannia' running around its train at Kidderminster station on the Severn Valley Railway in Worcestershire (UK).

 

70000 was designed by Robert Riddles, built at Crewe Works in late 1950 and was withdrawn from service on May 28th 1966.

 

70000 was a special guest locomotive at the 2015 SVR Autumn Steam Gala courtesy of The Royal Scot Locomotive and General Trust.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BR_standard_class_7_70000_Britannia

 

www.flickr.com/photos/stuart166axe/tags/70000/

 

Photograph taken by my regular photostream contributor David on his travels and is posted here with very kind permission.

 

 

 

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Uploaded on September 19, 2015
Taken on September 17, 2015