'Steam Gala 2008' ( page 1 of 2 )

 

 

2-6-4T 42085  

  

42085 at Rothley railway station at the Great Central Railway on the 22nd of June 2008.

This LMS Fairburn 2-6-4T steam locomotive was designed by Charles E. Fairburn for the London Midland and Scottish Railway. 277 of these locomotives were built between 1945 and 1951. 42085 is one of only two that have been saved, the other one being 42073, both of these are based at the Lakeside and Haverthwaite at Windermere. 42085 was at the Great Central Railway for repairs.    

42085 with the return train at Rothley on the 22nd of June 2008

 

42085 as it was painted in a Caledonian Railway blue livery. Thislocomotive was never painted blue. It ran in this colour for a number of years, when the Lakeside and Haverthwaite when that first opened. 

  

4141 coming into Rothley station at the Great Central Railway on the 22nd of June 2008.

GWR 2-6-2T 4141 was taking its turn on the Great Central Railways windcutter set of 16ton mineral wagons at the Great Central Railway on the 22nd of June 2008.

4141 with the return train at Rothley at the Great Central Railway on the 22nd of June 2008

Pages at The Great Central Railway 22nd June 2008

42085 and 4141 at Rothley railway station

Class 37314 +Open day at the Rothley workshops

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

   

This website is Ukrailways1970tilltoday.me.uk it is on railways but it is not just on trains but all things railways, with photos, which I have taken from the 1970s till now. I take photos of all things railways, steam diesel and electric trains, signal boxes, wagons any thing that is on the National Rail network, which was BR when I started taken photos.