LNER Route: Leicester to Marylebone

Catesby Tunnel: gcct2

An unidentified ex-WD 2-8-0 Austerity locomotive seen at the head of a long coal train is emitting lots of smoke as it approaches Catesby Tunnel. The reverse of the photograph gives the engine's running number as 3933. This I understand belongs to an O2 2-8-0 built in November 1923 and therefore is clearly a mistake. Examining the photograph magnified it would seem that its most likely to be LNER No 3133 which was built by the Vulcan Foundry in April 1944 and was numbered 90454 by British Railways and as such continued in service until June 1965 when it was withdrawn from 36E Retford shed.

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