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THE NIGHT OF 70000 BRITANNIA AT STONE & STOKE ON TRENT, *SPECTACULAR DEPARTURE! 27.4.2022

A small crowd assembled on Stone station for world famous steam locomotive 70000 Britannia, which was scheduled to stop there, but after a 390 Pendolino races by on the Colwich line, Britannia blasts through non stop! Britannia was travelling from Kidderminster SVR to Llandudno. Later the same evening, she is seen arriving at Stoke on Trent, and the scheduled eight minutes stop is filmed in its entirety, such was the spectacle (for this old bloke anyway, my first steam locomotive sighting at Stoke since 1968!), and another small crowd enjoyed a long look at a pristine standard class seven passenger locomotive. Eventually, after letting off steam enough to deafen me and leave my ears singing with the same effect as a full volume Nazareth gig (Stafford Gatehouse 1984) with a deep toned whistle she began a slow but spectacular and dramatic exit... I've seen some good ones, but this for me was the very best in my lifetime. Great British main line steam at its very best! Twenty years ago to the day, my dad passed away. I am grateful for him taking me to Stoke shed (5D) and other locations such as Manchester Victoria, Bolton, Stafford and Norton Bridge, to see the very last days of main line steam. He would certainly have been there this evening had he been still alive, aged 85, but sadly cancer took him too early. Big thanks to Dan and SJ for company, and nice to see a few familiar faces including Nathan. The Night of 70000, tinnitus in both ears hahaha, but I'm very happy.