Oliver Cromwell 70013 (British Railways Standard Class 7MT 4-6-2 Pacific)
The 143 ton British Railways Standard Class 7MT 4-6-2 Pacific (better known as the Britannia class) number 70013 'Oliver Cromwell' at speed heading back towards London Liverpool Street on the return leg of the Norfolkman Railtour at Hatfield Peverel Station in Essex England on September 9th 2008.
This is a very special steam locomotive. It is one of only two left out of a batch of 55 locomotives, Oliver Cromwell was built at Crewe Railway Works in May 1951and delivered to Norwich Crown Point Depot soon after to which it regulary ran on this line, the London to Norwich mainline until 1963 just prior to the withdrawal of steam in this area in 1965.
It was transferred to Carlisle Kingmoor depot and this actual locomotive ran the last steam passenger train prior to the withdrawal of steam altogether on British Railways on August 11th 1968. The very next day August 12th 1968 she arrived back in Norwich en route for Bressingham Steam Museum at Diss in Norfolk. It is now owned by the National Railway Museum in York.
Restoration began to bring 'her' back to steam in 2004 at the Great Central Railway Centre in Loughborough and on August 10th 2008 it ran a mainline railtour for the first time in 40 years.
This particular trip is the first time the 'Oliver Cromwell' will have visited one of it's regular haunts Norwich Station since August 12th 1968 and at least 45 years since it ran a passenger train on this line. It will run this trip again on September 20th 2008.
Not a great video as it was too dark and photographs for me were out of the question as it was too fast! This didn't stop a fair few enthusiasts turning up though!
(thanks for the tip off steve!)
Oliver Cromwell 70013 (British Railways Standard Class 7MT 4-6-2 Pacific)
The 143 ton British Railways Standard Class 7MT 4-6-2 Pacific (better known as the Britannia class) number 70013 'Oliver Cromwell' at speed heading back towards London Liverpool Street on the return leg of the Norfolkman Railtour at Hatfield Peverel Station in Essex England on September 9th 2008.
This is a very special steam locomotive. It is one of only two left out of a batch of 55 locomotives, Oliver Cromwell was built at Crewe Railway Works in May 1951and delivered to Norwich Crown Point Depot soon after to which it regulary ran on this line, the London to Norwich mainline until 1963 just prior to the withdrawal of steam in this area in 1965.
It was transferred to Carlisle Kingmoor depot and this actual locomotive ran the last steam passenger train prior to the withdrawal of steam altogether on British Railways on August 11th 1968. The very next day August 12th 1968 she arrived back in Norwich en route for Bressingham Steam Museum at Diss in Norfolk. It is now owned by the National Railway Museum in York.
Restoration began to bring 'her' back to steam in 2004 at the Great Central Railway Centre in Loughborough and on August 10th 2008 it ran a mainline railtour for the first time in 40 years.
This particular trip is the first time the 'Oliver Cromwell' will have visited one of it's regular haunts Norwich Station since August 12th 1968 and at least 45 years since it ran a passenger train on this line. It will run this trip again on September 20th 2008.
Not a great video as it was too dark and photographs for me were out of the question as it was too fast! This didn't stop a fair few enthusiasts turning up though!
(thanks for the tip off steve!)