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'Doncaster Works Open day 2003'
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Open Day in 2003
A3 4472 Flying Scotsman at the Doncaster Works Open day 2003
The overhaul of this locomotive now owned by the NRM was to take a long time. But is now back on the main line and in British Railways green
In 2003 at large open day was held on the 26 and 27th of June at the Doncaster Plant to mark the 150th anniversary of these works. The GNR built the works and the LNER then took them over. The works are next to Doncaster railway station. I went on the Saturday and me and 1000s of other people turned up on the day without tickets. The queue at Doncaster was from the front of the station round and over the works footbridge and into the works.
The Sirling Single GNR no.1 at the Doncaster open day in 2003
This locomotive now has had a authentic tender fitted to this locomotive by the NRM. This is a High sided tender. Only the locomotive was saved as the GNR needed the tender. The one the locomotive has used for the next 100 years was one they had spare when the locomotive was put on display. This locomotive has had a wrong tender since 1907. So no one today alive has seen this locomotive with the right one.
63601 at the openday
65033 at the Doncaster open day
8f 48151 and a class 08 at the open day
8f 48151 at the open day
The Plant
Doncaster's Great Northern Railway railway works was called The Plant. It was established by the Great Northern Railway in 1853. This railway works is (or what is left of it now ) next to the station on the west or down side of the station. LNER A3s and A4s were just two of the many classes of steam engines that came out of these works.
Doncaster Railway station
Doncaster railway station is in South Yorkshire and it is 156 miles from London Kings Cross. Doncaster station is now (2019) managed by LNER. Doncaster station is on of the East Coast Main Line (ECML). Doncaster is one of the main railway stations on the ECML.
Doncaster station has eight platforms on two islands platforms. Platforms one three and four and eight are through platforms. Platforms six and seven are bays at the north of the station on the down side. Platform two and five are south-facing bays on the up side. It now has another (new) platform with the number 0 on the up side at the norther end.
There is a good mixture of train operators who now run thier services to from and though Doncaster station. LNER now( 2019) runs the main ECML trains replacing Virgin East Coast East Coast and NXEC and GNER be for them . First Hull Trains also run there trains though Hull to London. Cross Country and Northern Rail trains together with First TransPennine Express and East Midlands Trains also use this station
