SK5416 : Great Central Railway - Austerities top and tail

taken 11 days ago, near to Quorn (Quorndon), Leicestershire, England

Great Central Railway - Austerities top and tail
Great Central Railway - Austerities top and tail
An 0-6-0ST is on each end of this short train for the Mountsorrel branch. The leading 0-6-0ST was built by Hudswell Clarke & Co Ltd of Leeds in 1943 as works No. 1752. Following its military career it worked for the National Coal Board and was never a British Railways locomotive. It is currently carrying the BR number of a J94 class that was scrapped in 1971.
The J94 class was formed when the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) bought 75 austerities from the War Department in 1946 (before nationalisation). At the moment there are two genuine preserved J94 locomotives and less than another nine disguised as such, including this one.

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Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Railways Railway: Great Central Railway Primary Subject: Railway Train other tags: Quorn & Woodhouse Station Austerity Locomotive 0-6-0ST Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
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SK5416, 246 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Chris Allen   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 28 February, 2026   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 2 March, 2026
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 5491 1629 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:44.4874N 1:11.2861W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 5492 1619
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NORTH (about 0 degrees)
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