The Great Central Railway has announced that LNER B1 No.1264 will be visiting the line for their Autumn Steam Gala.
The Autumn Steam Gala will be being held from the 4th to the 7th October 2018, with No.34092 City of Wells already announced as a visitor.
It is expected that 1264 will appear at the Autumn Steam Gala in the guise of long-lost locomotive No.1251 Oliver Bury. This is significant as it is now the 70th Anniversary year of the 1948 Loco Exchange Trials, of which, No.1251 Oliver Bury took part in alongside resident locomotive No.6990 Witherslack Hall.
No.1264 appears at the Autumn Steam Gala thanks to the Thompson B1 Locomotive Trust and the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.
A brief history of No.1264
Built-in 1947 by the North British Locomotive Company, to Thompson's design, No. 1264 soon changed numbers to 61264 when it was transferred into BR ownership. 61264 was first allocated to Parkeston Quay and ending her days at Colwick, only her second allocation. When sold for scrapping, 61264 ended up in a very special scrapyard, Barry. 61264 stayed at Barry, as the only ex-LNER loco, until 1973 when rescued. After 20 years of restoration, where heavy boiler and firebox work was required, 61264 was returned to steam in 1264 in LNER Apple Green livery. 61264 was previously in BR Black with early crest. It is based on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and is passed for mainline running.
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