70013 Oliver Cromwell at speed thru Chelmsford , firebox flames visible
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British Railways Standard Class 7
British Railways Standard Class 7 'Britannia' 4-6-2 'Pacific' steam locomotive 70013 'Oliver Cromwell' passes southbound at speed through Chelmsford Station in the County of Essex (UK) on 'The Broadsman' railtour March 11th 2011. You can see the firebox flames flashing orange in the smoke as the train passes through.
I rode this train from Kings Cross London to Sheringham in Norfolk. This was a very special train as it was the first train to transverse the crossing at Sheringham into the heritage North Norfolk Railway in 40 odd years. I disembarked at Colchester some 25 miles away on the return railtour leg to London as the train did not stop in my home town. I took a service train in front of this one in order to film this this video. I think it was worth the wait.
70013 is a very special steam locomotive. It is one of only two surviving 'Britannia's' in preservation out of 55 locomotives built.
70013 was built at British Railways Crewe Works in May 1951 and delivered to Norwich Crown Point Depot soon after and ran on the the London to Norwich Great Eastern Main Line ie through this station until 1963.
70013 was then transferred to Carlisle Kingmoor depot and this actual locomotive ran the very last steam passenger train prior to the withdrawal of steam altogether on British Railways on August 11th 1968.
The very next day August 12th 1968 'Ollie' arrived back in East Anglia en route for a new home at Bressingham Steam Museum at Diss in Norfolk.
Restoration to bring 'Ollie' back to steam began in 2004 at the Great Central Railway Loughborough and on August 10th 2008 'Ollie' was back on the mainline for the first time in 40 years.
I rode this train from Kings Cross London to Sheringham in Norfolk. This was a very special train as it was the first train to transverse the crossing at Sheringham into the heritage North Norfolk Railway in 40 odd years. I disembarked at Colchester some 25 miles away on the return railtour leg to London as the train did not stop in my home town. I took a service train in front of this one in order to film this this video. I think it was worth the wait.
70013 is a very special steam locomotive. It is one of only two surviving 'Britannia's' in preservation out of 55 locomotives built.
70013 was built at British Railways Crewe Works in May 1951 and delivered to Norwich Crown Point Depot soon after and ran on the the London to Norwich Great Eastern Main Line ie through this station until 1963.
70013 was then transferred to Carlisle Kingmoor depot and this actual locomotive ran the very last steam passenger train prior to the withdrawal of steam altogether on British Railways on August 11th 1968.
The very next day August 12th 1968 'Ollie' arrived back in East Anglia en route for a new home at Bressingham Steam Museum at Diss in Norfolk.
Restoration to bring 'Ollie' back to steam began in 2004 at the Great Central Railway Loughborough and on August 10th 2008 'Ollie' was back on the mainline for the first time in 40 years.
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