Two Steam Tours, an ECS, the HST TT & FL Convoy on the Midland Main Line - 3374

            * Masbrough North
With the temperatures high-ish and the air now dry and with 'Scotsman' not really trying too hard, there is no steam, just a 'whisper' from the over-pressure valves and a little drifting smoke, so by comparison on that score, not as good as the earlier charter with the 'Duchess' in charge en-route to Scarborough. Having said that, the colour does come through reasonably well though gradient filtering, exposure and fill light have all been tweaked appropriately to get the best out of the cutting light. The 3 dozen 'enthusiasts' are still gazing over the scene to their right and I guess that the full complement of the convoy on their left is half hidden from view under the bridge; it not being often that workings stop here as this is the main line and regular passenger moves have priority. Looks like 'Flying Scotsman' has a good deal of coal left in the bunker but with an hour and a half to go until arrival at York, a lot of this will go. Some information about the 'early days' of 60103-
'...The locomotive was built in Doncaster becoming the first locomotive of the newly formed London and North Eastern Railway (LNER). It left the works on 24 February 1923 with number 1472. It was designed by Sir Nigel Gresley as part of the A1 class – the most powerful locomotives used by the LNER at that time. By 1924, when it was selected to appear at the British Empire Exhibition in London, the loco had been renumbered 4472 – and had been given the name ‘Flying Scotsman’ after the London to Edinburgh rail service which started daily at 10am in 1862. The British Empire Exhibition made Flying Scotsman famous, and it went on to feature in many more publicity events for the LNER. In 1928, it was given a new type of tender with a corridor, which meant that a new crew could take over without stopping the train. This allowed it to haul the first ever non-stop London to Edinburgh service on 1 May, reducing the journey time to eight hours. In 1934, Scotsman was clocked at 100mph on a special test run – officially the first locomotive in the UK to have reached that speed...'

This is the Railway Touring Company's 'The Yorkshireman' charter, now running two hours last due to an on-board medical emergency just before reaching Alfreton, earlier on, and in charge is LNER class 4-6-2, 'Pacific', 60103, on the 1Z42, London Kings Cross to York charter tour. Glowering on the right on the main line, awaiting its own path north, is a 5-part convoy of Freightliner class 66s on the 0E51 Hope Earles Sidings to Leeds Balm Rd.(Loco) working.
   

Taken on: July 1, 2017

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Masbrough N&W F.D. to Doncaster Roberts Road Shed

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Cleethorpes to Manchester Airport

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Hope(Earles Sidings to Leeds Balm Road

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Masbrough Station North Junction signalbox

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