The Flying Scotsman on the Nene Valley Railway, Peterborough, 29 September 2018

The Flying Scotsman on the Nene Valley Railway, Peterborough, 29 September 2018.

Carriage Shunting on the Nene Valley Railway 17 August 1996

Carriage Shunting on the Nene Valley Railway, Peterborough, 17 August 1996

50 Years Since New England Shed Closed To Steam

Nene Valley Railway Celebration of 50 Years Since New England Shed Closed To Steam.

New England Shed closed to steam on January 1st 1965. This commemorative event was held on the Nene Valley Railway on February 2015.

44767 on the Nene Valley Railway May 1996

LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 44767 on the Nene Valley Railway 11 May 1996.

LMS number 4767, BR number 44767 is a preserved steam locomotive. In preservation it carries the name George Stephenson though it never bore this in service. Built in 1947, 4767 was renumbered 44767 by British Railways after nationalisation in 1948. The loco was withdrawn from service in December 1967.

44767 was privately bought and put in storage until 1974 when it was taken to Thornaby for restoration by the North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group. It was then named after famous railway engineer George Stephenson.

The loco was based on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway before being taken out of service at the end of 2002 for a full overhaul. 44767 re-steamed at Morpeth, Northumberland, where she was overhauled, in December 2009. I believe that the loco is now at the North Norfolk Railway undergoing an overhaul.

British Railways 70000 Britannia @ Orton Mere on NVR August 1996

 

More pictures of BR standard class 7, 70000 Britannia, photographed here on a visit to the Nene Valley Railway, Peterborough, on 19 August 1996. 70000 was piloted from Peterborough Station to Orton Mere Station on the NVR by 37171. For more pictures see Train Snaps Blog for 10 November 2013.

BR standard class 7 70000 Britannia Nene Valley Railway Peterborough 1996

BR standard class 7 70000 Britannia, photographed here on a visit to the Nene Valley Railway, Peterborough, on 19 August 1996.

Britannia was built at Crewe, completed on 2 January 1951. She was the first British Railways standard locomotive to be built and the first of 55 locomotives of the Britannia class. The locomotive was named at a ceremony at Marylebone Station by the then Minister for Transport Alfred Barnes on 30 January 1951.
The BR Locomotive Naming Committee were determined not to use names already in use on other locomotives. They tried to observe this by not selecting the name Britannia for use on 70000 because it was already in use on one of the ex-LMS Jubilee Class locomotives, but Robert Riddles overruled them and the Jubilee had to be renamed.

Britannia was initially based at Stratford (30A) in order to work East Anglian expresses to Norwich and Great Yarmouth, but was also particularly associated with the Hook Continental boat train to Harwich. Subsequently, the loco was based at Norwich Thorpe (w/e 31 January 1959) and March (June 1961) before spending the remainder of her career on the London Midland Region Willesden (1A) (w/e 30 March 1963), Crewe North (5A) (w/e 25 May 1963), Crewe South (5B) (w/e 19 May 1965) and finally Newton Heath (9D) (w/e 5 March 1966) from where she was withdrawn w/e 28 May 1966

44767 Peterborough and the Nene Valley Railway 1996

 

LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 44767 Visits Peterborough and the Nene Valley Railway 12 May 1996.

London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Stanier Black Five, LMS number 4767, BR number 44767 is a preserved steam locomotive. In preservation it has carried the name George Stephenson though it never bore this in service.

4767 was completed on the last day of the LMS, 31 December 1947 at Crewe Works. It was unique amongst the 842-strong class in that it featured outside Stephenson link motion in addition to other experimental features; a double chimney, Timken roller bearings throughout and electric lighting.

These modifications were part of a series of experiments by George Ivatt to improve the already excellent William Stanier-designed black five.

4767 was renumbered 44767 by British Railways after nationalisation in 1948. Its double chimney was removed in 1953. It was withdrawn in December 1967 after a working life of only 20 years.

7819 Hinton Manor Visiting the Nene Valley Railway

 

Great Western Railway locomotive 7819, Hinton Manor, Visiting the Nene Valley Railway, Peterborough 1994.

 

7819 Hinton Manor is a Great Western Railway locomotive part of the Manor Class. It is one of 9 locomotives preserved from the class which originally had 30.

Built by Great Western Railway in 1939 it was withdrawn from service in November 1965 before being moved to Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales.

 

It is currently owned by the Severn Valley Railway, and while returning to service in 1977, it is now on display at the Swindon Designer Outlet.