British Railways Standard 'Britannia' Class 7MT 70013 'Oliver Cromwell'
Preserved British Railways Standard 'Britannia' Class 7MT 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive 70013 'Oliver Cromwell' working the 1Z70 10:20 (11:37 6L) London Liverpool Street- Norwich 'The Cathedrals Express' railtour on February 22nd 2018 at Kelvedon Station on the Great Eastern Main Line in Essex (UK).
An old friend of mine, 70013 is a very special steam locomotive. It is one of only two surviving 'Britannia's' in preservation out of 55 locomotives built.
70013 was built at British Railways Crewe Works in May 1951 and delivered to Norwich Crown Point Depot soon after and ran on the the London to Norwich Great Eastern Main Line until 1963.
70013 was then transferred to Carlisle Kingmoor depot and this actual locomotive ran the very 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 East Anglia en route for a new home at Bressingham Steam Museum at Diss in Norfolk.
Restoration to bring 'her' back to steam began in 2004 at the Great Central Railway Loughborough and on August 10th 2008 'Ollie' was back on the mainline for the first time in 40 years.
I've been hauled behind 'Ollie' several times including on the mainline and the locomotive features heavily in my flickr photostream.
The wreath is in commemoration of well known former Eastern Region railwayman Richard 'Dick' Hardy who passed away on February 19th 2018.
Unfortunately 70013 was 44 minutes late after limping into Norwich with a hot big end bearing which ended Ollie's participation in the return leg of the railtour back to London Liverpool Street.
www.flickr.com/photos/stuart166axe/tags/70013/
Photograph taken by and copyright of my regular photostream contributor David and is posted here with very kind permission.
British Railways Standard 'Britannia' Class 7MT 70013 'Oliver Cromwell'
Preserved British Railways Standard 'Britannia' Class 7MT 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive 70013 'Oliver Cromwell' working the 1Z70 10:20 (11:37 6L) London Liverpool Street- Norwich 'The Cathedrals Express' railtour on February 22nd 2018 at Kelvedon Station on the Great Eastern Main Line in Essex (UK).
An old friend of mine, 70013 is a very special steam locomotive. It is one of only two surviving 'Britannia's' in preservation out of 55 locomotives built.
70013 was built at British Railways Crewe Works in May 1951 and delivered to Norwich Crown Point Depot soon after and ran on the the London to Norwich Great Eastern Main Line until 1963.
70013 was then transferred to Carlisle Kingmoor depot and this actual locomotive ran the very 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 East Anglia en route for a new home at Bressingham Steam Museum at Diss in Norfolk.
Restoration to bring 'her' back to steam began in 2004 at the Great Central Railway Loughborough and on August 10th 2008 'Ollie' was back on the mainline for the first time in 40 years.
I've been hauled behind 'Ollie' several times including on the mainline and the locomotive features heavily in my flickr photostream.
The wreath is in commemoration of well known former Eastern Region railwayman Richard 'Dick' Hardy who passed away on February 19th 2018.
Unfortunately 70013 was 44 minutes late after limping into Norwich with a hot big end bearing which ended Ollie's participation in the return leg of the railtour back to London Liverpool Street.
www.flickr.com/photos/stuart166axe/tags/70013/
Photograph taken by and copyright of my regular photostream contributor David and is posted here with very kind permission.