Image 55004, on shed, London Kings Cross station
55004, on shed, London Kings Cross station
55004, on shed, London Kings Cross station This was an image rescued from the reject box hence its off-centre view and the slight fogging to the left-hand side. However, I have very few images of the King's Cross' maintenance and servicing area especially with a Deltic in full view! It really must have been a filthy and very cramped place to undertake basic servicing on locomotives with them literally flying in and out in between operating ECML express services. In this view, 55004 'Queen's Own Highlander' is just coming off-shed ready to work the 16.05 semi-fast to York. Quite a convoluted set of manoeuvres were required to extricate a locomotive from the rearmost roads of the facility in order to reach the station platforms but it all added more interest to us enthusiasts (I had moved on from being a spotter by this time!). Keywords: 55004 on shed London Kings Cross station Queen's Own Highlander
55004, on shed, London Kings Cross station This was an image rescued from the reject box hence its off-centre view and the slight fogging to the left-hand side. However, I have very few images of the King's Cross' maintenance and servicing area especially with a Deltic in full view! It really must have been a filthy and very cramped place to undertake basic servicing on locomotives with them literally flying in and out in between operating ECML express services. In this view, 55004 'Queen's Own Highlander' is just coming off-shed ready to work the 16.05 semi-fast to York. Quite a convoluted set of manoeuvres were required to extricate a locomotive from the rearmost roads of the facility in order to reach the station platforms but it all added more interest to us enthusiasts (I had moved on from being a spotter by this time!). Keywords: 55004 on shed London Kings Cross station Queen's Own Highlander


This was an image rescued from the reject box hence

its off-centre view and the slight fogging to the left-hand side. However, I have very few images of the King's Cross' maintenance and servicing area especially with a Deltic in full view! It really must have been a filthy and very cramped place to undertake basic servicing on locomotives with them literally flying in and out in between operating ECML express services. In this view, 55004 'Queen's Own Highlander' is just coming off-shed ready to work the 16.05 semi-fast to York. Quite a convoluted set of manoeuvres were required to extricate a locomotive from the rearmost roads of the facility in order to reach the station platforms but it all added more interest to us enthusiasts (I had moved on from being a spotter by this time!).