9F 2-10-0 92203 Black Prince Steam Locomotive, North Norfolk Railway, UK. Weybourne Station
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C63HBAFile size:
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3888 x 2592 px | 32.9 x 21.9 cm | 13 x 8.6 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
8 August 2011Location:
Weybourne Station, Norfolk, England, UKMore information:
92203 was the third 9F built by Swindon in January 1959. When withdrawn after a working life of less than nine years, it was working the heavy iron ore trains out of Birkenhead Bidston Dock to Shotwick Shotton steelworks, and worked the last steam-hauled ore train in November 1967. The locomotive was purchased straight from BR by the artist David Shepherd for £3, 000[1] and moved to the Longmoor Military Railway. He named her Black Prince, a name never carried by 92203 in British Railways service. On closure of the LMR, 92203 moved to Eastleigh Depot and then, in 1973, to the East Somerset Railway, where it was based until 1998. During this period 92203 visited several other heritage railways and in September 1982 hauled the heaviest freight train in Britain, 2198 tonnes, at Foster Yeoman's Tor Works. The locomotive is presently based at the North Norfolk Railway on loan from Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway, having had a major overhaul in 2004. Pictured signalman handing over 'tablet' to train driver, necessary to ensure that only one train is on the single track at any one time.