Great Northern Railway Ivatt 'C1' class 4-4-2 No. 1402. Built at Doncaster in June 1905 and withdrawn in August 1947 as LNER No. 2832.

A linesman avoids a soaking by hiding behind a lofty GNR 'somersault' signal near Potter's Bar, Herts. in 1909. Standing in this position today, the overhead catenary would mar the forward view and all the once pastoral countryside hereabouts has disappeared, suffering from the insidious, creeping disease of 'tinsheditis'!

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