NottyImp
Vital Football Legend
No tunnels on the Great Central, sorry.
Jesus, use your imagination, man!
No tunnels on the Great Central, sorry.
Close my eyes, I suppose.
Used to visit Loughborough once a year at one time and took several photos of 'Mayflower'. This is in the 1980s:
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Used to visit Loughborough once a year at one time and took several photos of 'Mayflower'. This is in the 1980s:
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Yes I think they would.
In my youth I used to volunteer on The Great Central Railway at Loughborough ( I still have my membership to this day) and during that time Mayflower was one of the mainstays of the steam services. Then as now she was painted in LNER green and looked every bit the quintessential steam locomotive.
Yes I think they would.
In my youth I used to volunteer on The Great Central Railway at Loughborough ( I still have my membership to this day) and during that time Mayflower was one of the mainstays of the steam services. Then as now she was painted in LNER green and looked every bit the quintessential steam locomotive.
I remember at the time they were looking to connect up the line to the other stretch which goes northwards towards Nottingham but it was a big undertaking as it would mean over bridging the current Leicester to Nottm/Derby route. Not sure how far they got with that but I think they had sourced a smaller bridge for the GU canal
I’m gonna have to dig out a photo of mine as I can’t remember the loco other than it being a black oneI did something similar on the SVR - not the whole line - 4 miles firing, 4 miles driving.
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Is that Casey Jones?I did something similar on the SVR - not the whole line - 4 miles firing, 4 miles driving.
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The new bridge over the main line is in place, they're now working on rebuilding the embankments and the canal bridge to connect up to it.
A few years ago I was fortunate enough to take a steam train driving experience at the GCR (a present for a big birthday from my wife). Started early with a cooked breakfast ( not cooked on the fireman’s shovel) and then the drive from Loughborough to Leicester North and back under instruction, pulling seven carriages. Absolutely fantastic experience that I would highly recommend. So much power in the loco, but I still managed to avoid any wheel spins, and managed to stop the train with the carriages at the platforms correctly without overhanging any. Finished the day with a tour of the signal box and sheds.
I remember at the time they were looking to connect up the line to the other stretch which goes northwards towards Nottingham but it was a big undertaking as it would mean over bridging the current Leicester to Nottm/Derby route. Not sure how far they got with that but I think they had sourced a smaller bridge for the GU canal
Yes, it was in the 1950s and into the early 1960s. Really lost popularity then with the end of steam. I took two of three photos at Central in about 1961/62 but they're not very good. This one is B1 61003 'Gazelle'.
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I have the smoke box number plate for B1 61009. Hartebeeste. The engine was based in Lincoln for many years. Does anyone have any photos of it? Upside down it reads 60019 (Bittern).