LNER class V2 2-6-2 No 4831 pilots class A1 4-6-2 No 4478 Hermit with the 2.20pm Manchester London Road to Marylebone express on August 12, 1939. The A1 from Gorton shed was just four days away from entering Doncaster Works for a heavy general overhaul.
Photo: T.G. Hepburn/Rail Archive Stephenson