British Railways-built

Britannia class locomotive No. 70000, Britannia

British Railways-built Britannia class No. 70000 Britannia, the first loco of 999 to be built by the nationalised company back in 1951

Britannia was completed in January 1951, and built to haul express passenger services between London and Norwich, and in 1952 pulled the funeral train of King George VI from Sandringham in Norfolk, where the King died, to London.

After spending the first 10 years of its working life working in East Anglia, the loco was moved to north London in 1961 and then Crewe in 1963.

The locomotive was withdrawn from service in Newton Heath, Manchester, 1966, before being saved by preservationists.