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Tuesday 14th January 2020 Great Central Railway, Loughborough, LE11 1RW

A full day’s photography with visiting K1 Class 62005 on red and cream coaches plus an evening shoot

Join us for a full day of photography at the Great Central Railway in Leicestershire using visiting Eastern Region ‘K1’ Class No.62005 in BR black livery heading a train of carmine and cream coaching stock

£85.00

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We are delighted to offer the opportunity of a full day’s photography at the Great Central Railway featuring visiting loco ‘K1’ Class 2-6-0 No.62005 in British Railways lined black livery at the head of a rake of carmine and cream coaching stock including the griddle car serving hot food and drinks throughout the day.

No.62005 is paying a short working visit to Leicestershire from its home base of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway to star at the GCR’s Winter Steam Gala and will undoubtedly be an extremely popular guest. The loco was built in 1949 for British Railways and carries an authentic lined BR black livery.

The whole class of seventy locos went to Eastfield Depot, Glasgow (not all together, of course!) for running in on completion at the Queens Park Works of the North British Locomotive Company. It was allocated at a number of depots during its career including Darlington, York and Tyne Dock before eventual withdrawal from Leeds Holbeck, where the loco was allocated from September 1967 until December 1967. Having survived largely through being used as a stationary boiler, it was purchased by a consortium which had previously purchased No.3442 The Great Marquess and was initially intended as a spare boiler for the K4. In due course, it was decided that 62005 should be preserved in its own right and, in 1972, the K1 was donated to the North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group. No.62005 was overhauled at Thornaby Depot and moved to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway in May 1974, entering traffic the following month. Since then, it has been a regular performer both on the NYMR and on the main line, probably being most associated with the West Highland line in Scotland in recent years.

Our day with 62005 will begin from Loughborough station at 09.30 hours. This will enable us to work our way up the line rather than going direct to Swithland. As we are using the carmine and cream passenger set, the griddle car will be with us throughout the day which is always appreciated by everyone on board. It will be open to serve breakfast from 08.00 onwards. Once the sun has set we will return to Loughborough where we will hold a short night shoot for those wishing to stay on. We expect to be finished around 19.00.

We would like to thank the locomotive’s owners, the North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group (NELPG), and the Great Central Railway for allowing these charters to take place. The ‘K1’ is an extremely popular locomotive and we hope you will wish to join us to photograph 62005 on double track in January 2020.


*Images are for illustration purposes only.

Event requirements

Equipment

  • Spare batteries
  • Camera
  • Lense cloths
  • Lenses
  • Camera protection - rain covers etc

Knowledge

  • All levels welcome

Fitness

  • Low

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