Loose_Grip/Pete's photos with the keyword: 2MT

Yesterday was the last day in service for Ivatt 2MT 2-6-0 46521 before withdrawal for overhaul again & Alex the fitter chalked up the smokebox accordingly. Dave and myself were the rostered crew for the morning turn on the engine and I took this shot in platform 2 before departing with the 11.20 train to Leicester.

We did three return trips to Leicester North on Ivatt 2MT 2-6-0 46521. I fired the first trip, drove the second (& Cliff fired) then let trainee Paul fire the third. He did well and here he is checking the fire as we were heading out of Loughborough to Quorn while Cliff watches the road ahead.

8F 2-8-0 48624 is held at a red signal at the Loughborough Down Inner Home to allow Ivatt 2MT 2-6-0 46521 exit platform 1 with the 13.15 dining train. Watched by Albert, this train is just entering the section to Quorn on its way to Leicester North.

Ivatt 2MT 2-6-0 46521. We waited at Rothley with the southbound Elizabethan dining train for Peak diesel 45041 to clear the section from Leicester North.

Ivatt 2MT 2-6-0 46521 behind the Starter signal in Loughborough's Down Loop. We waited here for D5185 to take the first two coaches out of platform 2 and then we ran into the space provided.

Ivatt 2MT 2-6-0 46521 departs Rothley with the last train of the day

Pete feeds the firebox of Ivatt 2MT 2-6-0 46521.

Great Central Railway. Prepping Ivatt 2MT 2-6-0 46521 on shed at LOughborough.

She's got curves in all the right places! Raising steam. Ivatt 2MT 2-6-0 46521 on shed at Loughborough.