In The Public Eye (Post Restoration) 1986-1996

IN THE PUBLIC EYE 1986 - 1996

(POST RESTORATION)

11th November 1986

71000 is officially recommisioned by the Trust's Honourary President HRH The Duke of Gloucester.

14th March 1990

David Wilcock's leading article on The Duke's mainline test run.

(Reproduced by kind permission of Steam Railway Magazine)

April 1992

The Duke was the Guest of Honour at the opening of the new Great Hall at The National Railway Museum. It revisited the Museum in 1993 and was on display there for four months, interspersed with main line railtours.

Left: The Duke is shown on the turntable in The Great Hall.

Right: The Duke is lined up with two other prototypes - that of the High Speed Train (Intercity 125) and the "Deltic"

The Duke was the chosen locomotive for the inaugural train of The Settle and Carlisle Railway Trust, which ran on 28th May 1991. There was a ceremony on the platform of Settle station prior to the departure of the train.

Left: At Garsdale the Right Revend Ian Harland, Bishop of Carlisle waves from the driver's seat, which he is occupying while the driver has a cup of tea.

Right: Also at Garsdale are shown (from left to right): Lord Inglewood, Heritage Minister, Dennis Vernon, Chairman of the Trust, and Stan Abbot, author of the book - "To Kill a Railway" (about the Settle and Carlisle).

Granada Telethon 1992

The great engine pulling competition

November 1992

The Great Central Railway Share Issue Ceremony at Marylebone

August 1996

Once Crewe's most ignominious failure - Now its great pride

Conquering Hero

A moment in history is captured as the unique three-cylinder BR '8P' 4-6-2 No. 71000 Duke of Gloucester, rebuilt from a Barry Wreck, passes Tebay in the wind and rain of Monday October 2nd at the start of one of the most stirring steam-powered ascents of of Shap ever recorded. The 'Duke' was the undoubted hero of the Days Out organised 'Shap Trials' which took place over the three days of September 30th, October 2 and 3. Had it not been for the terrible Harrow & Wealdstone railway disaster of 1952, Duke of Gloucester might never have been built. It was constructed to replace another unique 'Pacific' - the 'Princess Royal/Duchess' hybrid No. 46202 Princess Anne, itself a rebuild of Stanier's unique 'Turbomotive' which was destroyed in the accident.

Reproduced by kind permission of Roy Avis & Steam Railway Magazine

The BBC Children In Need Specials

The Duke is seen waiting to take the special of 2nd November 1995 from Liverpool Lime Street to Wembley.

Photographs by Keith Jackson

There is a well known painting "Duke on Camden Bank" which portrays the engine hauling a train in the 50's outside Euston. No-one would have dreamed, in 1980, when the painting was done, that such a scene would ever be seen again, nor that it would be re-enacted in spectacular fashion with a sprint up Camden Bank faster than anything achieved before.

Above: The following day The Duke awaits departure from Euston Station - The first steam locomotive to do so for 30 years.

Photograph by John Beesley.