The stationmaster watches LNER tank 1744 haul a short freight train on the Great Central Railway, Loughborough.
The stationmaster watches London North Eastern Railway (LNER) tank engine number 1744 haul a short freight train through his station on the Great Central Railway (GCR) in bright sunshine. 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.
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Location: Great Central Railway, Leicestershire, England UK
Photo credit: © Charles Allen / Alamy / Afripics
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