Great Central Railway Loughborough Leicestershire 27th January 2017
The first day of the Winter Gala and Loughborough shed is busy with steam engines being prepared for service. It's a misty, frosty dawn and the atmosphere is thick with their smoke and steam.

On the right is our visitor from the Bluebell Railway: Southern Railway Maunsell Q 0-6-0 30541. To the left is British Railways Standard 4-6-2 70013 Oliver Cromwell with another Southern engine in front: King Arthur 4-6-0 777 Sir Lamiel.

What are not obvious are the fires beneath 777's injectors that the fireman lit to de-ice them.
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