Nice looking engine . I was on a train in England twice. Once in 1981 going from Portsmouth to Birmingham and back. Also in 2017 from London to Birmingham and then to Scotland and then back to London. The first time I went to Norton during the rotary days and then in 2017 during Donington Norton. Also went to see the Classic TT in the IOM in 2017. Was a good memorable trip.Grate riding day and the Ribblehead viaduct in the background with LNER Peppercorn Class A2 60532 'Blue Peter' crossing on it's way to Carlisle . Beautiful steam engine built in 1948 in Doncaster. it's the last one in existence after the other 14 of it's class were scrapped. It has recently under gone another restoration and can be seen on the main line earning it's keep ready for the next restoration which will probably come in at around the £ one million mark. Some one once said the best way to loose all your money is by buying a steam engine.
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