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Robinson GCR/LNER/BR Class 04 Steam Locomotive 2-8-0 - 63601188 views63601 being worked upon in loughborough shed

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LMS Stanier 8F 2-8-0 - 48305188 views48305 pictured passing Swithland res with the 14.15 service

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Brush Type 2 - Class 31 - D5830188 viewsD5830 passes through Quorn with the windcutter fleet

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LMS Stanier 8F 2-8-0 - 48305188 views48305 pulls out of Quorn

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LMS Stanier Black 5 4-6-0 - 45305187 views45305 rushes out of Quorn station at over 40mph with the TPO set ready for collecting mail
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LMS Stanier Black 5 4-6-0 - 45305186 views45305 arrives back passing through quorn with the windcutters

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BR Std 2MT 2-6-0 - 78019186 views78019 leaves Loughborough with the dining 13.15 train

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BR Std 2MT 2-6-0 - 78019, BR Std 4 2-6-4T - 80105185 views80105 & 78019 arrive at Rothley with the first train of the gala

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LMS Stanier 8F 2-8-0 - 48305185 views48305 approaches Quorn with the 16.30 train

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Brush type 2 Class 31 - D5830182 viewsD5830 waits to enter Loughborough station

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Class 45 - D123 – Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry182 viewsD123 entering Loughborough with the TPO

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LMS Stanier Black 5 4-6-0 - 45305182 views45305 passes Swithland res with the 15.00 service

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LMS Stanier Black 5 4-6-0 - 45305182 views45305 with a 2nd running of the day at dropping / collecting post - note sacks for collection near to cab of engine and sacks outstreched of the tpo for catching in the net.

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Travelling Post Office set180 viewsTaken at 1/1250 sec , The mail is collected / deposited in the net.
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BR Std 2MT 2-6-0 - 78019179 views78019 shunts out of Loughborough station

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BR Std 4 2-6-4T - 80105, Class 45 - D123 – Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry176 views80105 passes D123 with the TPO leaving Quorn

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