Chester No.6 box was to left of photo. Behind tender is embankment into Northgate and 6D shed This photograph shows one of the additional lamp irons on the lower deflector support with which 70034 was fitted in May1953 in order to accomodate the Southern Region route indication discs, this engine having been loaned to Stewarts Lane depot on the Southern Region when their Merchant Navy class were experiencing axle problems and were temporarily taken off the road. Always a Midland Region Britannia, 70034 Thomas Hardy was allocated from new in December, 1952 to Longsight but was finally withdrawn from Carlisle Kingmoor in May, 1967.