55018 'Ballymoss' waits at a busy York station leading the 1E14 14.40 Berwick to London King';s Cross service. Look at all the trolleys on the platform piled with mail bags ready to be loaded on to the Mk. II BSO or BFK marshalled behind the locomotive. Ballymoss' final working was on 12.10.81 when it experienced an engine failure (low air pressure) at Doncaster hauling the 1D08 19:40 King's Cross to Hull. One of its engines was donated to 55007 'Pinza' to keep that locomotive going almost to the end until, ironically, that also experienced engine failure Doncaster on 30.12.81; I wonder if it was the same engine that failed?
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