If there is anything else man has manufactured that oozes so much character
as a steam loco then I am yet to see it...and this one is not even on the move yet!
Recently returned to the main line is this truly impressive engine...71000
'Duke of Gloucester'. It is seen here on December 21st 2004 about to to take
the Cathedrals Express from London Kings Cross to Ely. There was only one word to describe its departure
from the 'Cross' and that was magnificent with impressive volumes of smoke everywhere
that then continued to pour out of the nearby Gasworks Tunnel...just like the old days.
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Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com 
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British and Foreign Railway Pictures <A HREF="http://jampics.fotopic.net/"> Jampics Fotopic.</a>