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BR Black 42073 Fairburn Tank at the Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway, 12th November 2015
***ONLY 2 TICKETS LEFT***
BR Black 42073 Fairburn Tank at the Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway, 12th November 2015
Autumn Colours and a Fairburn Tank on a rake of Red & Cream Coaches and one Milk Tank, a perfect November combination.
£55.00
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About this event
As newly-built, but with a boiler manufactured in 1946, 42073 spent its first three months working from Stewarts Lane Depot, Battersea, London, before moving on to Ashford in Kent in February, 1951. Lately in that year she was sent to Dover for a short while before returning to Ashford again in 1952. In November 1954 she was transferred to the North Eastern Region and allocated to Gateshead. Probably her most famous moment occurred on the 19th April 1955 at Newcastle-on-Type, when, below the Norman Keep of the castle, she did battle with a Gresley V2 2-6-2 on the diamond crossing. They converged onto the same stretch of line and in the resulting collision the V2 fell onto its side. In 1957 she worked from Bradford and Sowerby Bridge; in 1958 from York and Neville Hill; in 1959 from Low Moor and Wakefield. At Copley Hill she was to have her longest stay from 1960 to 1964. In 1965 she was back at Low Moor again, and finally Normanton in June 1967, where she was joined for the first time by 42085, her stable mate at the Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway.
Working with Peter Van Campenhout we are delighted to be returning to the Lake District for two days of Autumn photography with one of the railways ever popular Fairburn Tanks. We will have full use of the line on both days, our second day, the 12th will see a consist of 2 Red & Cream MK1 Coaches and 1 Milk Wagon on the rear of the train.
Our start time will be 8.00am and we will finish around mid afternoon when the sun is lost to the surrounding hills.
Event cost £55.00 per person.
