Great Central Railway Loughborough Leicestershire 31st January 2017
After three days of early firing turns during the Winter Gala weekend I had an even earlier firing turn today on the first of the Timeline Events Photo Charters with visiting Southern Maunsell Q 0-6-0 30541. Sign on was at 04.30 and after lighting up we had 60psi pressure on the boiler by 06.25, the time of this shot.

We had a very enjoyable morning running around Swithland &amp; Kinchley for the photographers followed by a period of shunting in the sidings before being relieved back at Loughborough by the afternoon crew. Hopefully the weather improved because conditions were hardly ideal for photography!
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