LNER Thompson Class B1 61306
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London and North Eastern Railway
The London and North Eastern Railway was the second-largest of the "Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain...
(LNER) Thompson Class B1
LNER Thompson Class B1
The London and North Eastern Railway Thompson Class B1 is a class of steam locomotive designed for medium mixed traffic work. It was designed by Edward Thompson.- Overview :...
No. 61306 is a preserved British steam locomotive. In preservation, it carries the number 1306 and the name Mayflower, complete with LNER Apple Green Livery, though this guise is entirely fictional.
Service
61306 was built in 1948 by the North British Locomotive CompanyNorth British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...
, Works No. 26207. Though built to an LNER design, it was delivered after nationalisation to British Railways (BR).
Initially, 61306 was allocated to Hull Botanical Gardens Depot (shed code 53B, Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...
) until June 1959, when it was transferred to nearby Hull Dairycoates Depot (53A), where it remained until June 1967, when it was transferred to Low Moor Depot (56F, Bradford
Bradford
Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...
). It was withdrawn in September 1967.
Preservation
In 1978, "1306" moved to the Great Central Railway
Great Central Railway (preserved)
The Great Central Railway is a heritage railway split into two adjacent sections, one in Leicestershire and the other Nottinghamshire.The Leicestershire section is currently Britain's only double track mainline heritage railway, with of working double track, period signalling, locomotives and...
in Leicestershire, where it remained until 1989, when it was taken out of service for a ten-year overhaul. For this it was moved back to Hull Dairycoates but the sale of the site meant that it moved to the Nene Valley Railway
Nene Valley Railway
The Nene Valley Railway is a preserved railway in Cambridgeshire, England, running between Peterborough Nene Valley and Yarwell Junction. The line is currently seven and a half miles in length...
, where in 2006 it eventually left - it is now based at the Battlefield Line Railway
Battlefield Line Railway
The Battlefield Line Railway is a heritage railway in Leicestershire, England. It runs from Shackerstone to Shenton , via Market Bosworth, a total of...
in Shackerstone.
"1306" is one of two preserved Thompson B1s, the other being LNER-built No. (6)1264
LNER Thompson Class B1 (6)1264
London and North Eastern Railway Thompson Class B1 No. 1264, is a preserved British steam locomotive.- Service :...