ThomsonClass B1 steam locomotive no 61306 'Mayflower' passing through Stonegate Station in East Sussex, UK, with a special steam hauled charter train

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LNER Thompson Class B1 61306 is a preserved British steam locomotive. The locomotive regularly hauls special charter trains on the UK national rail network. (2021) 61306 was built in 1948 by the North British Locomotive Company, Works No. 26207. Though built to an LNER design, it was delivered after nationalisation to British Railways (BR). 61306 was initially allocated to Hull Botanic Gardens Depot (shed code 53B). In June 1959 it was transferred to nearby Hull Dairycoates Depot (53A). Its final allocation in June 1967 was to Bradford Low Moor depot (56F), but it was quickly withdrawn in September 1967

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Size: 5136px × 3427px
Location: Stonegate railway station,Between Witherenden Hill and Stonegate in the parish of Ticehurst, Rother
Photo credit: © patrick nairne / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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