I had the pleasure to be rostered on GCR/LNER O4 2-8-0 63601 on this Sunday morning. After taking the 10.00 service to Leicester & back we had an hour and 15 minutes layover in Loughborough before our next train at 12.20 so I took the chance to grab this portrait of the O4 in the yard.
63601 was finally taken out of service on June 24th 2012. The last time she was withdrawn before then was in 1963 when British Railways laid her aside at Frodingham shed in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire. It took 37 years to get round to steaming her again. It's already nearly 12 years but hopefully it won't be too long before she is back in action.
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Wheels of Yesteryear National Mining Musuem Haddington 03/07/2022.
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47th Scottish Transport Extravaganza Glamis Castle 09/07/2023
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