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R4380. The Cape Government Railways 7th Class 4-8-0s were introduced in 1896 and became South African Railways Class 7A in 1910 when the SAR was formed. One of them 1007 built by Neilson & Co. in 1896, was preserved at De Aar when we were there in 1972.
Wondering what had happened to it since then I did an internet search and found some pictures of at in steam at Voorbaai Depot, Mossel Baai. Then, in a note dated 2008, I read that it is now at the Railway Museum at George further along the coast. Can anyone update that?
3rd September, 1972. Copyright © Ron Fisher.
The 143 ton British Railways Standard Class 7MT 4-6-2 Pacific (better known as the Britannia class) number 70000 'Britannia' working hard at speed on the 09:40 1Z70 Liverpool Street - Norwich- Great Yarmouth and the Railway Touring Company's 'The Easterling' Railtour at Hatfield Peverel Station in Essex England on July 16th 2011. Preserved support loco Class 47, 47580 'County of Essex' is being dragged on the rear.
First time i've ever seen 70000 and possibly the first time she's ran on this section of the GEML since at least September 1962.
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Photograph by David and posted here with kind permission.
Bittern and Britannia as the Mayflower tour 'double-header' passing Cockwood harbour, Devon, England, yesterday evening on it's return from Plymouth to London Paddington. Bittern was back again today as the Torbay Express.
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See my other Cockwood harbour photos.
Preserved and mainline certified British Railways Standard 'Britannia' Class 7MT 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive 70000 'Britannia' 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70000 was designed by Robert Riddles, built at Crewe Works in late 1950 and was withdrawn from service on May 28th 1966.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.
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Photograph taken by my regular photostream contributor David on his travels and is posted here with very kind permission.
Following the completion of it's first restoration, BR Standard Class 7 4-6-2 No. 70000 BRITANNIA stands in the yard at Bridgnorth on 18th June 1978.
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British Railways Standard 'Britannia' Class 7MT 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive 70040 'Clive of India' working a London Liverpool Street- Norwich Express in 1958 at Chelmsford Station on the Great Eastern Main Line in Essex (UK).
70040 entered service on March 21st 1953 and withdrawn on April 15th 1967.
My Chelmsford Railway Station album flic.kr/s/aHsjoigMMG
Photograph courtesy, copyright and taken by Mr Philip Alexander and is posted to my flickr photostream with very kind permission.
British Railways Standard 'Britannia' Class 7MT 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive 70011 'Hotspur' working a Norwich- London Liverpool Street- Express in 1958 at Chelmsford Station on the Great Eastern Main Line in Essex (UK).
70011 entered service on May 14th 1951 and withdrawn on December 23rd 1967.
Note the wavy line roof on building 720 at Marconi's New Street Works.
My Chelmsford Railway Station album flic.kr/s/aHsjoigMMG
Photograph courtesy, copyright and taken by Mr Philip Alexander and is posted to my flickr photostream with very kind permission.
70035 refilling its water tender at Chelmsford Railway Station in 1960.
70035 was built in 1952 and scrapped just 15 years later in 1967.
What a waste
The firebox, boiler and smokebox of preserved British Railways Standard 'Britannia' Class 7MT 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive 70013 'Oliver Cromwell' just outside Loughbrough Central Station on the heritage Great Central Railway in the County of Leicestershire (UK).
70013 is in bits at the GCR and undergoing heavy overhaul after the expiration of its ten year boiler safety certificate in 2018.
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 GCR 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 big hole in the centre is where the fireman shoves the coal ;-)
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Photograph taken by and copyright of my occasional photostream contributor Mr David Lewis and is posted here with very kind permission.
British Railways Standard ' Britannia' Class 7MT 4-6-2 pacific steam locomotive 70002 'Geoffrey Chaucer' stabled at London Liverpool Street station in 1960.
70002 was designed by Robert Riddles and built at Crewe Works entering service on March 6th 1951. 70002 was withdrawn from service on January 14th 1967 and declared 'cut up' on May 16th 1967. 70002 along with the rest of the 'Brit's' had a ludicrously short service life.
Photograph taken by and copyright of my regular photostream contributor David and is posted here with very kind permission.
Preserved steam locomotive, Class 7, 70013 Oliver Cromwell is making its way to the Great Central Way Railway Quorn station.
"On 3 March 2018, 70013 hauled its final main line charter from Ealing Broadway to York via the Midland Main Line prior to the expiry of its boiler certificate. It was last steamed at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway on 11 March 2018 before moving to the GCR for storage."
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Bridgnorth shed yard on 18th June 1978 with LMS Stanier Class 8F 2-8-0 No. 8233 and BR Standard Class 7 4-6-2 No. 70000 BRITANNIA.
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BR Standard Class 7 4-6-2 No. 70000 BRITANNIA waits to enter the station at Bishops Lydeard on 25th March 2012.
The pistons, wheelset and frame of preserved British Railways Standard 'Britannia' Class 7MT 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive 70013 'Oliver Cromwell' inside the Traction Maintenance Shed just outside Loughbrough Central Station on the heritage Great Central Railway in the County of Leicestershire (UK).
70013 is in bits at the GCR and undergoing heavy overhaul after the expiration of its ten year boiler safety certificate in 2018.
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 GCR 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.
www.flickr.com/photos/stuart166axe/tags/70013/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BR_Standard_Class_7_70013_Oliver_Cr...
Photograph taken by and copyright of my occasional photostream contributor Mr David Lewis and is posted here with very kind permission.
70013 "Oliver Cromwell" on a London Liverpool Street -Norwich working with WCRC 47804 seen approaching Manningtree ,after this photo was taken the engine ran into difficulties further along the line at Diss where a 20mph speed limit was imposed on it running to Norwich due to an engineering issue with a big end bearing.
The smokebox, boiler and firebox of preserved British Railways Standard 'Britannia' Class 7MT 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive 70013 'Oliver Cromwell' just outside Loughbrough Central Station on the heritage Great Central Railway in the County of Leicestershire (UK).
70013 is in bits at the GCR and undergoing heavy overhaul after the expiration of its ten year boiler safety certificate in 2018.
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 GCR 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.
Note the preserved North Eastern Railway Petrol Electric Autocar number 3170 in the backgound.
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Photograph taken by and copyright of my occasional photostream contributor Mr David Lewis and is posted here with very kind permission.
British Railways standard class 7 locomotive 'Britannia' under the wires at Warrington's not-so-picturesque Bank Quay station.
After nationalisation in 1948, British Railways started working on designs for a new range of standard steam locomotive classes that would embody the best practices of British locomotive design. Locomotive number 70000 'Britannia' was the first BR standard design to enter service in January 1951.
Most of the BR standard designs were very successful, though some (the class 6 'Clans' in particular) were mediocre, and others were only built in small numbers due to changing requirements. British Railways abandoned steam traction in 1968, with the result that many BR standard locomotives were withdrawn and scrapped well before the end of their economic lives. Some of the '9F' heavy freight locomotives were less than 10 years old when they were scrapped, which is almost new in steam locomotive terms. On the plus side, this meant that a lot of BR standard locomotives went straight from BR ownership into preservation while still in excellent condition.
The 'Railway Touring Company's railtour 'The Easterling' heads towards Norwich and Lowestoft at around 70mph through Hatfield Peverel Station in Essex (UK) on August 15th 2009..
The locomotive is the 143 ton British Railways Standard Class 7MT 4-6-2 Pacific (better known as the Britannia class) number 70013 'Oliver Cromwell' 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 but maintained and based at and are based at the Great Central Railway in Loughborough, UK.
Restoration began to bring 'her' back to steam in 2004 and on August 10th 2008 it ran a mainline railtour for the first time in 40 years.
This is an uncropped scan of a print of a shot a few spaces back in my photostream. It was was taken by Dave, a colleague of mine using his Nikon D90 and is posted here with very kind permission.
British Rail Standard Class 7 70000 Britannia climbs past Althrop heading the return working Windsor to Crewe
My favourite (by far) steam locomotive 70013 'Oliver Cromwell' at speed through Hatfield Peverel station in Essex on the 'Bury St Edmunds' railtour on May 8th 2010.
The railtour was due to run on April 27th but was postponed until May 8th due to no path available through to Liverpool Street due to priority construction trains for the Olympics at Bow and Stratford.
Note the headboard is incorrect and reads 'The Hook Continental' Liverpool Street-Harwich which was due to take place after the Bury St Edmunds on the evening of April 27th but was cancelled altogether with the same excuse which was very disappointing and upsetting as we had tickets.
This photograph was taken by my friend and fellow railway enthusiast Dave and is posted here with very kind permission
Preserved steam locomotive, Class 7, 70013 Oliver Cromwell is making its way to the Great Central Way Railway Quorn station.
"On 3 March 2018, 70013 hauled its final main line charter from Ealing Broadway to York via the Midland Main Line prior to the expiry of its boiler certificate. It was last steamed at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway on 11 March 2018 before moving to the GCR for storage."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BR_Standard_Class_7_70013_Oliver_Cr...
British Railways standard class 7 locomotive 'Britannia' under the wires at Warrington's not-so-picturesque Bank Quay station.
After nationalisation in 1948, British Railways started working on designs for a new range of standard steam locomotive classes that would embody the best practices of British locomotive design. Locomotive number 70000 'Britannia' was the first BR standard locomotive to enter service in January 1951.
Most of the BR standard designs were very successful, though some (the class 6 'Clans' in particular) were mediocre, and others were only built in small numbers due to changing requirements. British Railways abandoned steam traction in 1968, with the result that many BR standard locomotives were withdrawn and scrapped well before the end of their economic lives. Some of the '9F' heavy freight locomotives were less than 10 years old when they were scrapped, which is almost new in steam locomotive terms. On the plus side, this meant that a lot of BR standard locomotives went straight from BR ownership into preservation while still in excellent condition.
British Railways Standard 'Britannia' Class 7MT 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive 70030 'William Wordsworth' working a London Liverpool Street- Norwich Express at the 'Bunny Walk' in Chelmsford on the Great Eastern Main Line in Essex (UK) in 1958.
70030 entered service on November 19th 1953 and was withdrawn/scrapped in June 1966.
Photograph courtesy, copyright and taken by Mr Philip Alexander and is posted to my flickr photostream with very kind permission.
BR Standard Class 7 No. 70000 Britannia negotiates the tight curves at Nappa, just south of Hellifield, on the return leg of Pathfinder Tours 'Cumbrian Fells Express' from Carlisle to Bristol Temple Meads on 30th May 2015.
LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 No. 44871 and BR Standard Class 7 4-6-2 No. 70013 OLIVER CROMWELL join the main line at Darlaston Junction in the West Midlands with the northbound Great Britain III on 8th April 2010.
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An old friend of mine, This is British Railways Standard Class 7MT 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive 70013 'Oliver Cromwell' at Sheringham station on the North Norfolk Railway's September/Autumn Steam Gala on September 1st 2013.
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 1951 and delivered to Norwich Crown Point Depot soon after and ran on the 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.
Restoration began to bring 'her' back to steam in 2004 at the Great Central Railway Centre in Loughborough and on August 10th 2008 Ollie was back on the mainline for the first time in 40 years.
I been hauled behind 'Ollie' several times and regular watchers of my photostream will know that this locomotive has a special place in my heart ;-)
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Keith Wilkinson - now a news correspondent for ITV News Central in Birmingham - as a boy on Britannia Class 7MT Riddles steam locomotive 70021, Morning Star. The British Railways engine, built at Crewe Works in 1951, was in a long line of engines at Carnforth Engine Shed (10A) in Lancashire in the 1960s waiting to go to the scrapyard. Sadly, soon after this picture was taken the loco was scrapped. The photograph was taken either at the end of 1967 or early in 1968 during the winter. The photograph was taken by a passing railwayman, using Keith's Box Brownie camera. Morning Star lives on - as a Hornby model engine. The actual Morning Star was dismantled at Inverkeithing in Scotland at the shipbreakers T.W Ward in March 1968. " It was very sad to see these engines being towed away, sometimes four or five at a time, often by diesel but sometimes by a steam engine going to its own execution! It's scandalous to think this engine, 70021, was only 16 years old so had plenty of life in it. "
The 143 ton British Railways Standard Class 7MT 4-6-2 Pacific (better known as the Britannia class) number 70000 'Britannia' at speed on the 16:40 1Z72 Great Yarmouth- London Liverpool Street and the return leg of the Railway Touring Company's 'The Easterling' Railtour entering Chelmsford Railway Station in Essex England on July 16th 2011. Preserved support loco Class 47, 47580 'County of Essex' is being dragged on the rear.
Earlier in the day was the first time i've ever seen 70000 and possibly the first time she's ran on this section of the GEML since at least September 1962.
A bit blurry... oh well! lol.
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!)
British Railways Standard 'Britannia' Class 7MT 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive 70034 'Thomas Hardy' working a Norwich- London Liverpool Street Express in August 1961 at Chelmsford Station on the Great Eastern Main Line in Essex (UK).
70034 entered service on December 22nd 1952 and withdrawn on September 12th 1967.
The same view here is more or less the same today.
My Chelmsford Railway Station album flic.kr/s/aHsjoigMMG
Photograph courtesy, copyright and taken by Mr Philip Alexander and is posted to my flickr photostream with very kind permission.
The 143 ton British Railways Standard Class 7MT 4-6-2 Pacific (better known as the Britannia class) number 70000 'Britannia' in dock at Ipswich Station on July 27th 1991 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Eastern Counties Railway.
70000 was designed by Robert Riddles and built at Crewe Works in 1951 and was withdrawn in 1966.
70000 along with the rest of the 'Brit's' had a ludicrously short service life.
Photograph by David and taken from his archives which I have permission to post to Flickr with thanks.
BR Standard Class 7 4-6-2 No. 70000 BRITANNIA passes Wilmcote with the down 'William Shakespeare' on 11th April 1993.
© David Rostance - All rights reserved.
Preserved steam locomotive, Class 7, 70013 Oliver Cromwell is making its way to the Great Central Way Railway Quorn station.
Grounding out happens quite often at this location looking the number of scrapes and grooves in the tarmac. Luckily these types of trailer have adjustable height! A quick pump up and there was enough clearance as you can see here.
"On 3 March 2018, 70013 hauled its final main line charter from Ealing Broadway to York via the Midland Main Line prior to the expiry of its boiler certificate. It was last steamed at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway on 11 March 2018 before moving to the GCR for storage."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BR_Standard_Class_7_70013_Oliver_Cr...
The 143 ton British Railways Standard Class 7MT 4-6-2 Pacific (better known as the Britannia class) number 70013 'Oliver Cromwell' seen under the wires heading towards Norwich at Hatfield Peverel Station in Essex England on April 23rd 2009 at about 75mph as the Catherdrals Express on a steamdreams.com railtour.
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.
... as the Torbay Express, passing the Exe Estuary at Starcross station, Devon, England.
See where this picture was taken. [?]
See my other Britannia photos.
BR Standard Class 7 4-6-2 No. 70006 ROBERT BURNS at Bushbury shed, Wolverhampton on 13th August 1963.
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Another recent stumble across a treasure trove of pictures taken on my old phone, these one's dating back to November 2011 at Dawlish.
Seen speeding along the Sea Wall at Dawlish is British Rail Standard Class 7 number 70013 'Oliver Cromwell' working the 'Royal Duchy' from Bristol Temple Meads to Par.
The 143 ton British Railways Standard Class 7MT 4-6-2 Pacific (better known as the Britannia class) number 70013 'Oliver Cromwell' seen under the wires at speed heading towards Norwich at Hatfield Peverel Station in Essex England on September 20th 2008.
This is a scan of a print very kindly given to me by Dave ( a Chelmsford taximan) who took the photograph using a Nikon D80 and is posted with permission. I think it's a great shot!
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 only the second time the 'Oliver Cromwell' will have visited one of it's regular haunts Norwich Station since August 12th 1968 (the first just 11 days beforehand, you can see the video at this same station in my photostream of that trip) and at least 45 years since it ran a passenger train on this line.