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Class 20 and Class 26 locomotives working in tandem at Lakeside station.
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Maximum steam power. Both of our Fairburn tank locomotives in harness on a passenger train at Haverthwaite.
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The control desk of the English Electric Class 20 locomotive. At least you do not have to steer.
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Steam and Diesel together. Could you couple them up to work as a pair?
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Class 26 locomotive number 5314 at rest. This is one of the very first diesel engines built for the original modernisation of British Railways in the late 1950’s.
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Electric Class 20 locomotive number 20214 at Haverthwaite.
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More than enough power provided on a mixed special working with steam locomotive 42073 and diesel 20214.
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'Princess' was built in 1942 by Bagnalls of Stafford and is
extremely popular with passengers and crew. The train and the lake
steamer are about to make the connection at Lakeside.
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42085 is one of two identical locomotives preserved on the L&HR. She wears the early-style British
Railways lined black livery.
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The service train is shown approaching Lakeside in a typical Lake District setting. At this point
Windermere feeds into the River Leven.
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Repulse was named in memory of HMS Repulse and she
proudly wears the ships' crest above her nameplate. She
is working hard as she climbs the steep bank above
Haverthwaite.
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'Cumbria' is preparing her train at the start of another day at
Haverthwaite Station, the headquarters of the L&HR. She is
painted and lined in the colours of the erstwhile Furness Railway.
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42085 and sister locomotive 42073 are the only survivors from a class which originally numbered 277 examples. Both
are mechanically identical, but their livery differs slightly. Can you spot the difference?
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Our two locomotives of the 'Austerity' class slowing down
for a station stop. 'Repulse', in black, is fitted
with a 'Giesel' ejector and chimney which is designed
to reduce coal consumption.
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This combination of locomotive and train replicate a
typical passenger working of the late 1950's and
early 1960's. The coaches are painted in what became known as 'blood and custard' livery.
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Both of our ex-British Railways 4MT locomotives were built by Brighton Works in the early 1950's. They were
originally used on fast, short-distance passenger trains and are ideal on our more leisurely workings.
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'Princess' has just crossed on to the main running line at Haverthwaite and is about to get to grips with the
steep bank through the East tunnel.
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On a beautiful early summer day, the train has just
finished climbing out of Haverthwaite and is running under
light steam prior to the scheduled stop at Newby Bridge.
She will soon connect with the lake steamer at Lakeside.
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