BR 9F in 1960's weathered condition hauling a passenger train on the Great Central Railway
Artistically 'weathered' to represent post war grime (using water based paint) by volunteers at the Great Central Railway, this British Railways (BR) heavy freight class 9F locomotive number 92214 is seen hauling a passenger train on the Great Central Railway (GCR) - a heritage line in Leicestershire. The Great Central Railway (GCR) is a heritage railway in Leicestershire, named after the company that originally built this stretch of railway. The GCR is currently Britain's only double track mainline heritage railway, with miles ( km) of working double track, period signalling, locomotives and rolling stock. It runs for miles ( km) in total from the large market town of Loughborough to a new terminus just north of Leicester. was built at Swindon in October, 1959 and after a few weeks at Cardiff Canton it was allocated, in November, to Banbury where it was used to haul the heavy ironstone trains from the Oxfordshire quarries to the steel works in South Wales. No doubt while at Banbury it picked up some of the traffic coming off the Great Central via Culworth Junction. While at Banbury it was also employed on the fast goods services to Old Oak Common. In November, 1961 was transferred to Newport (Ebbw Junction) to haul coal and mineral traffic in the South Wales area. In the summer of 1964 it was allocated to Bath Green Park to help with the holiday excursions over the Somerset & Dorset. It is believed that was the last 9F to operate over the line from Bath to Bournemouth. After that it went to Severn Tunnel Junction from where it was withdrawn in August, 1965, less than six years after it was built. In December, 1980 it went to the Peak Railway Society at Buxton to start it life in preservation.
Size: 5184px × 3456px
Location: Great Central Railway, Leicestershire, England, UK
Photo credit: © Charles Allen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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