BR Standard Class 7 70000 Britannia - Wikipedia
British Railways Standard Class 7 'Britannia Class' No. 70000 Britannia is a preserved steam locomotive, owned by the Royal Scot Locomotive and General Trust. Britannia was built at Crewe, completed on 2 January 1951. It was the first British Railways standard locomotive to be built and the first of 55 locomotives of the Britannia class.
List of BR 'Britannia' Class locomotives - Wikipedia
Below are the names and numbers of the steam locomotives that comprised the BR Standard Class 7, or 'Britannia' Class that ran on the British Railways network. They represented an attempt to standardise steam design for ease of maintenance and usage. Celebrating key British historical figures, the class name was based upon a suggestion by ...
BR Standard Class 7 - Wikipedia
The BR Standard Class 7, [1] otherwise known as the Britannia Class, is a class of 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive designed under Robert Riddles for use by British Railways for mixed-traffic duties. 55 were constructed between 1951 and 1954. The design employed results from the 1948 locomotive exchanges undertaken in advance of further ...
7P6F 70000 – 70054 4-6-2 BR Standard Britannia
Two Britannia engines (70004 and 70014) were based at Stewarts Lane from September 1951 until June 1958 where their duties including hauling the Golden Arrow Pullman from London to Dover and the Bournemouth Belle. 70004 William Shakespeare had been on static display at Festival of Britain exhibition at South Bank in London from new before going ...
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BR Standard 7P 'Britannia' class pacific 70002 ''Geoffrey Chaucer'' being turned at Liverpool Street station in 1959, with LNER N2 0-6-2T 69581 on the Broad Street viaduct, in the background. The tender still needs cleaning.. 70002 had entered service at Stratford shed in March 1951, but is now carrying a 32A (Norwich Thorpe) shed plate.
BR Standard Class 7 | Locomotive Wiki | Fandom
The BR Standard Class 7, otherwise known as the Britannia Class, is a class of 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive designed under Robert Riddles for use by British Railways for mixed-traffic duties. 55 were constructed between 1951 and 1954. The design employed results from the 1948 locomotive exchanges undertaken in advance of further locomotive ...
70000 Britannia - Preserved British Steam Locomotives
70000 Britannia. This engine was completed at Crewe works in January 1951 at a cost of £20,325. Britannia did not reach the high mileages of many of its classmates on the Great Eastern down to being selected as the regular engine for The Hook Continental, a Boat Train from London to Harwich Parkeston Quay to connect with the ferry for the Hook ...
1959 - 'Brit on the 'Table.. | BR Standard 7P 'Britannia' cl ... - Flickr
BR Standard 7P 'Britannia' class pacific 70002 ''Geoffrey Chaucer'' being turned at Liverpool Street station in 1959, with LNER N2 0-6-2T 69581 on the Broad Street viaduct, in the background. The tender still needs cleaning.. 70002 had entered service at Stratford shed in March 1951, but is now carrying a 32A (Norwich Thorpe) shed plate.
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Rail-Online | Britannia 4-6-2s | 70002 1952c Stratford
BR Britannia class Pacific No 70002 Geoffrey Chaucer at Stratford shed in c1952. Peter Kerslake says "Allocated to Stratford from new in March 1951 the third Britannia and its classmates revolutionised express passenger services between Liverpool Street and Norfolk." Photo: W.J. Reynolds/Rail Archive Stephenson
British Railways Standard Class 7MT 70002 'Geoffrey Chaucer'
British Railways Standard ' Britannia' Class 7MT 4-6-2 pacific steam locomotive 70002 'Geoffrey Chaucer' stabled at London Liverpool Street station in 1960. 70002 was designed by Robert Riddles and built at Crewe Works entering service on March 6th 1951. 70002 was withdrawn from service on January 14th 1967 and declared 'cut up' on May 16th ...
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