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Topic: Oliver Cromwell Back On Track (Read 1964 times)
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Enthusiasts attended a special ceremony marking the return of the locomotive at the Grand Central Railway in Leicestershire at the weekend (link below.) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/7383752.stmThe Oliver Cromwell hauled its last train on 11 August 1968. It has taken four years to restore the Britannia class Pacific No 70013. It originally ran on the Norwich to London line and went to the museum after it was taken out of service in 1968. The parts for the restoration are estimated to have cost £70,000, and volunteers took on all the repair work. The project is a collaboration between York-based National Railway Museum, the Great Central Railway, Steam Railway Magazine, Bressingham Steam Museum and 5305 Locomotive Association and Loughborough Standard Locomotives Group. |
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