Ex-Great Central Railway Robinson '9K' (LNER 'C13') class 4-4-2 Tank No. 7420. Built at Gorton in August 1902 as GCR No. 2 and withdrawn in December 1958 as BR No. 67420.

This scene on the Chesham branch in Buckinghamshire is one that (livery apart) could have been taken any time during a half-century period. The train is headingfor Chalfont & Latimer but ten months into the BR era has seemingly changed nothing with both locomotive and stock still in LNER guise! Enchanting...

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