The nameplate attached to the side of 55017 as it stands at Hull Paragon having arrived with the 17.05 service from King's Cross. Unsurprisingly, the locomotive was named with a ceremony at Durham station on 29.10.63. This name was previously carried by LNER 'V2' No. 60964. Almost exactly a month after this photograph was taken 55017 was involved in a serious collision at Finsbury Park that almost made it the fourth member of the class to be withdrawn. However, extensive repairs to its number one end were authorised that saw a team at Doncaster make a new one from scratch.
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