3850 on the Great Central Railway

The stripping down of 3850 at Toddington has had to take a back seat to the winter maintenance programme for 7820, Dinmore Manor.  Come the first weekend of March, Dinmore Manor will be back in traffic on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway, and our attention will be able to return to 3850.   As a brief interlude, I have been sent some slides of 3850 during a visit to the Great Central Railway in January 2011, taken by Ian Wright, which he has kindly agreed to allow us to reproduce here.

From 17th January 2011:

Departing Loughborough with a goods train

Departing Loughborough with a goods train

On Swithland Viaduct

On Swithland Viaduct

3850 with the windcutter rake, crossing small prairie, 5526 on an autocoach at Woodthorpe Bridge

3850 with the windcutter rake, crossing small prairie, 5526 on an autocoach at Woodthorpe Bridge

At Woodthorpe with a goods train

This second batch were taken on 26th January 2011:

With the freight train at Rothley

With the freight train at Rothley

At A6 Road Bridge

At Woodthorpe Bridge with the freight train

At Quorn Station

With 5526 at Quorn Station

This collection of slides provide a perfect illustration of 3850 at work in the preservation era, and Dinmore Manor Locomotive LTD would like to extend our thanks to Ian Wright for allowing us to reproduce these images here.  Hopefully it won't be too long before 3850 is back in steam again.