Great Central Railway Loughborough 63601 9th October 2005

GCR. LNER/GCR 04 2-8-0 63601 departs Loughborough station from the Down Loop on a mineral train for Rothley Brook during the Autumn Gala.

As I am firing obviously the photo was taken by someone else so I can't take any credit for this fine shot but at least I did set it up by generating the steam! I'm not sure where it came from but if anyone recognises their photo please let me know. I will acknowledge you or remove it as you wish.

I am looking out of the cab to make sure the photographer is not going to jump in front of us and not posing. Honest!.