18F Superpower!! at NYMR Steam Gala Saturday 23rd September 2023

I spent about 3 and a half hours at Pickering on Saturday
Highlight for me was the 18F!! 92214 & 92134
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earlier 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley was getting ready to depart for Grosmont
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then
80116 (80136) & 926 Repton arrive at Pickering
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926 Repton alongside 80116 (80137) at Pickering
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hit it with a hammer!! footplate crew use a hammer to wedge the headboard into place and secure on 80116
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then
92214 & 92134 arrive double headed from Grosmont
https://tinyurl.com/ycydubwb
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92214 & 92134 are posed just beyond the footbridge, by the crews who all duly piled onto footbridge to take photos
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92214 & 92134 eventually depart tender first out of Pickering station as 60007 SNG is due
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then
60007 Sir Nigel Gresley journeys end at the buffers at Pickering
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60007 post war speed record plaque
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Neil