Hadleigh, Essex, Regno Unito. 23 mar 2019. Le grandi Giornate di Steam Railway travel restituito a Essex per un viaggio speciale da Southend on Sea per la ferrovia Bluebell a Sheffield Park East Sussex. Costruito per la London & North Eastern Railway, 61306 Mayflower è uno dei due sopravvissuti di B1 classe locomotive. Il B1's erano concepiti come il traffico misto di locomotori in grado di tirare express treni passeggeri nonché il traffico merci. Credito: MARTIN DALTON/Alamy Live News
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The great days of steam railway travel returned to Essex for a special trip from Southend on Sea to the Bluebell Railway at Sheffield Park East Sussex. Built for the London & North Eastern Railway, 61306 Mayflower is one of two surviving B1 Class locomotives. The B1's were designed as mixed traffic locomotives capable of hauling express passenger trains as well as freight traffic. As powerful, go anywhere engines, the B1's worked across most of the UK rail network from East Anglia to Scotland. Mayflower was built in 1948 by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow but was delivered post-nationalisation and acquired the number 61306 by British Railways. She was first allocated to Hull Botanic Gardens Depot followed by a spell at Hull Dairycotes Depot before being finally transferred to Low Moor Depot, Bradford. She was the last B1 in service, her final trip was hauling the 'Yorkshire Pullman' from Leeds in September 1967. Mayflower was immediately purchased for preservation and was initially based at Steamtown in Carnforth. She was fully restored for mainline operation and worked a number of railtours in the 1970's. Acquired by Steam Dreams owner David Buck in 2014, she returned to the mainline in 2015 before being withdrawn for an extensive overhaul. Resplendent in the early British Railways apple green livery as she was originally given when delivered in 1948 she returned to full mainline operation in early 2019. Mayflower has two cylinders, 6 driving wheels, a firebox grate area of 30 square feet and can operate at 75mph.
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