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The 'spare' class 50 engine which was fitted in 50018 'Resolution' for its last days of British Rail service. The engine when coupled with its attendant generator set (3 in total) weighs around 33 tonnes. The generator sets have been removed from this engine. This is the B bank view of the power unit.
Train 195 014 heads to Sheffield.
I was surprised how many people waited for the crossing to clear rather than walk across the footbridge.
"On May 26, 1934, the Zephyr broke all long-distance, non-stop World's Records for railroad trains when it ran 1015 miles from Denver, Colo. to Chicago in 785 minutes to signalize the reopenging of A Century of Progress Exposition...Its average speed on the spectacular dawn-to-dusk flight was 77.6 miles an hour...its top speed 112.5 miles an hour."