
Ex-British Railways (London & North Eastern Railway) A4 Pacific 60009 “Union of South Africa” disappears into her own steam at Bewdley on the Severn Valley Railway during the Autumn Steam Gala in 2004.
60009 will be retired for good in 2022 when her current boiler certificate expires, to move to her owner John Cameron’s home in Scotland to be part of a museum has he has decided he has reached an age where restoring and operating his locomotives is no longer a viable proposition.
Never forget that sister locomotive #60022 had to run down a gradient of 1 in 178 to achieve a so-called speed record for steam locomotives. Deutsche Reichsbahn 4-6-4 #05 002 attained 124.5 mph (200.4 kph) on the level.
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