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After two periods of running in preservation, Britannia became part of the Royal Scot Locomotive and General Trust in An unfortunate series of setbacks in and meant that Britannia required an extensive overhaul before being returned to steam again in She can now be seen on our mainline tours and numerous heritage railway visits across the country.

A new breed The First Standard As the first class built by to a new design by British Railways the Britannia's incorporated design features from the engines of the former 'Big Four' railway companies. Read more. Steam locomotive Duchess of Sutherland to pass through Shrewsbury this Saturday 11th November Bristol to Chester tour to be operated by steam locomotive Tornado this Saturday 11th November Tornado steam locomotive to pass through Derby on its way to Bristol this Friday 10th November Load More.

Notify of. Newest Oldest Most Voted. Inline Feedbacks. Load More Comments. Just Arrived In our online store. Watch Instantly. You May Like. Latest Reviews. Book Review. Latest News. Rolling Stock. Improvements to the Southampton to Bournemouth line completed on time by Roger Smith. Get the latest news, reviews, deals and more straight into your inbox. In need of extensive repairs the engine was sold to the Waterman Railway Heritage Trust in , with the hope of returning it to steam.

The repairs proved too costly and in Britannia was again sold, this time to Jeremy Hosking. This overhaul involved fitting a newly refurbished cab, a new smoke box and major work on the boiler; replacement steel sides, new crown stays, new front section barrel section, new steel and copper tubeplate, repairs and patches to door plate and major work to copper firebox. Britannia made its return to steam in late when it hauled an excursion in April from Oxford to Canterbury.

After its running in period, the Pacific was repainted in BR Brunswick Green, and on January 24th , with a temporary white cab roof, it hauled the Royal Train with Prince Charles who re-dedicated the engine at Wakefield Kirkgate. After just three years back in service, Britannia was involved in a collision at the North Norfolk Railway in March While running through a station in foggy weather it shunted into BR Standard 2MT , causing significant damage to its front buffer beam.

This was compounded weeks later with revelations that some of the copper boiler stays used in Britannia — and many other engines — might not have been of the correct standard.

Britannia re-entered traffic in the Autumn of , working a number of trains before being withdrawn from service again with flats spots on some of her steel tyres. The complex nature of the repair work necessitated a prolonged period out of service whilst parts were prepared and paperwork percolated through the system. The engine returned to service in April when it worked the first two legs of the Great Britain railtour from London to Plymouth and back to Bristol.

In it was identified that the tender axlebox bearings needed to be replaced. The engine has been out of service for a while after axlebox problems in Work on the locomotive at LNWR Crewe slowed in the latter part of because of problems with the driving wheels and the boggie cannon boxes.

It was thought there might be some cracking but this turned out not to be the case and it was anticipated that reassembling the engine would commence by the end of It was anticipated that Britannia will be running again on the main line in and by the middle of that year reassembly of the bottom end was hopeful thought to be completed by the end of August.

Towards the end of July the repaired wheelsets were fitted to the locomotive.