British Mainline Steam

Photos of preserved steam locos in action or repose on the main lines of the UK. The pictures are in chronological order, oldest first! Collection constantly being added to, as time permits!

GWR 4-6-0s Nos. 4965 "Rood Ashton Hall" and 5043 "Earl of Mount Edgcumbe" are double heading 1Z45, "The Coronation Express", Tyseley Warwick Road to Didcot via Cheltenham and Swindon. They have just passed the site of Wantage Road station and have opened up for the final stretch to Didcot, running some ten minutes early at 11:44 on Saturday 2nd April 2011. The train was run in conjunction with the public launch of restored 6023 "King Edward II" at Didcot Railway Centre. Photo taken from a public footpath across the line. Digital Image No. GMPI8468.

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GWR 4-6-0s Nos. 4965 "Rood Ashton Hall" and 5043 "Earl of Mount Edgcumbe" are double heading 1Z45, "The Coronation Express", Tyseley Warwick Road to Didcot via Cheltenham and Swindon. They have just passed the site of Wantage Road station and have opened up for the final stretch to Didcot, running some ten minutes early at 11:44 on Saturday 2nd April 2011. The train was run in conjunction with the public launch of restored 6023 "King Edward II" at Didcot Railway Centre. Photo taken from a public footpath across the line. Digital Image No. GMPI8468.

GMPI8468 4965 5043 WantageRd 1Z45 020411 mainline steam GWR

From April 2011