The Great Central Raliway in 2006

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The Great Central Railway

'Steam Gala 2006'

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2006 at The Great Central Railway

Two diesels D5185 and class 47 D1705 on shed at the Great Central Railway in 2006.

Class 47 D1705 on shed in the British Railways two tone green with its head codes.

This class 47 is in its original two tone green with a small yellow warning panal. Its number was D1705 when new. When new they were known as a Brush type 4s. The Brush works is only about a mile away from were it is standing.

D5185 in British Railways green with no yellow waring panels on shed.

photo D5185 with small yellow warning panel at GCR in 2010

D5185 is a Derby type 2 class of locomotive. It was built at Darlington Works in 1963. It has a Sulzer 6 cylinder diesel engine with a turbo-charger and a intercooler producing 1250 hp.

D5185 worked the last Peterborough East to Leicester train via Rugby in June 1966

DMU in 2006 in British Railways green

Pages on the Great Central Railway 2006

Black 5 on a Last Train re-enactment

Class 47 and D5185 on shed

The Great Central Railway runs from Loughborough to Leicester North station close to the Leicester outer ring road. There are stations at Rothey and at Quorn & Woodhouse. The head quarters of the railway is at Loughborough were the engine shed is and the main shop ect. The railway has a large collection of steam and diesel engines

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