The Great Central Railway workshops with LMS 8f 48305 and GCR 04 63601 under repair

LMS 48305 (in weathered condition) departs from Leicester North with the 1000 to Loughborough during the Great Central Railway's 1940's Weekend

Stanier 8F No. 48305 (running in the guise of 48476) passing Woodthorpe on the Great Central Railway on a demonstration freight train.

The beauty of the Great Central Railway is that it offers something unique - double track allowing two way running - just like the old days. LMS 48305 heads a Southbound freight whilst LMS 44422 ... (more)

LMS 48305 prepares to depart with the 2B03 1000 Leicester North - Loughborough during the Great Central Railway's 'Wartime Weekend' event.

backing on to its train on the Great Central Railway at Loughborugh

A close up of the motion of 8F no. 48305 at Loughborough on the Great Central Railway

8F no. 48305 runs round its train at Loughborough on the Great Central Railway

48305 seen leaving Loughborough Station towards Leicester on some sort of test run.

An '8F' drifts past a deserted platform in the East Midlands with yet more coal empties. Nobody would have batted an eyelid in 1962, but in 2007 it was British preservation's finest.

It's a miserable January afternoon in 1961. An '8F' plods north with empty sixteen tonners while a 'Super D' heads south with general merchandise. An everyday scene perfectly recreated on a series... (more)

The cylinder drain cocks are open as 8F 48305 lifts its Santa special away from Rothley on the Great Central Railway.