Externally traffic - scarred, but internally as fit as a proverbial butcher's dog (one of impeccable pedigree, naturally), locomotive 55 017 The Durham Light Infantry arrives to take command of its train at around 11.20 a.m. on Monday March 13th 1978. It will shortly race up the ECML to Edinburgh at speeds in excess of 100 mph.
Location: Kings Cross
Original line: London to Peterborough (Great Northern Railway)
Photographer: Mark Dufton
Contact photographer: Mark Dufton
Date: 13/03/1978
Image number: 23389