Day three of the planned steam services from York during the school half term holiday, and after the disapointment of a diesel replacing the steam on day 2, a replacement steam locomotive operated the service on day 3.
This locomotive, Leander, is of the same type as used on day 1, but with a rather different colour scheme. It was built at Crewe in March 1936 and named Leander after HMS Leander, which in turn was named after the Greek hero Leander. Most of it's working life was spent in the Bristol area and it was withdrawn from service in 1964.
It was sent to the same South Wales scrapyard as Galatea had been. In 1972 it was bought by a preservation society and restored to working order. It has been used at a variety of preserved railways and on the main line. It's last major overhaul was completed towards the end of 2014, and she is now a regular main line performer.
Thank you all for your positive response to this shot - your comments and favs put it onto the trending page.
It's such a priviledge to enjoy steam trains working on the main line, although it's future has been under threat following an incident where a steam locomotive passed a red danger signal. Hopefully it will continue to operate for many years to come.
Thank you for your lovely comments - do you know there are actually people who don't like steam trains? - they will have been disappointed with my project recently!
Ian
November 7th, 2016
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Thank you all for your positive response to this shot - your comments and favs put it onto the trending page.
It's such a priviledge to enjoy steam trains working on the main line, although it's future has been under threat following an incident where a steam locomotive passed a red danger signal. Hopefully it will continue to operate for many years to come.
Ian
Thank you for your lovely comments - do you know there are actually people who don't like steam trains? - they will have been disappointed with my project recently!
Ian