At Liverpool Street Station in September 1959, ex-LNER Gresley / Thompson 'B2' class 4-6-0 No. 61607 Blickling, built by NBL of Glasgow in December 1928 as LNER No. 2807, alongside BR 'Class 40' Co-Co diesel No. D205, built by English Electric Vulcan Foundry in June 1958, and ex-Great Northern Railway Gresley 'N2 Condensing' class 0-6-2 Tank No. 69512, built by NBL of Glasgow in January 1921 as GNR No. 1733. ‘N2/2’ No. 69512 can be seen above, in the ex-NLR Broad Street Station that closed in 1986. No. 61607 was withdrawn in January 1960, D205 was withdrawn in February 1974 as TOPS No. 40005, and No. 69512 was withdrawn in July 1962.


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