This wonderful photograph popped up on Facebook today. A southbound Midland Scotch express is posed for a photograph before departure from Carlisle Citadel station. The date is believed to be in April, 1910.
Pilot engine, MR Kirtley 2-4-0 No. 181 dating from 1876 leads an unidentified Deeley 4-4-0.
Photo-credit: F. Tassell-Oliver Carter collection
The Midland Railway had a small engines policy, even for their Glasgow-London expresses like this one. It is well worth clicking on the picture to study the details.
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