August 2018 was the fiftieth anniversary of the official end
of steam on the national network. It was a comparatively low-key event when compared
to the efforts that had been made ten years before, for the fortieth.
Some of the heritage lines made a bit of a fuss of it and
the Severn Valley Railway, to their credit, wheeled out Stanier Black 5 No.
45110 and rounded up some of the significant personnel, who had played a part
during the final acts of August 1968.
My friend, John Beck, was in attendance at Kidderminster
where he met some of the former participants. He also renewed an acquaintance
with 45110, marked by these two photos of his - separated by half a century of
railway enthusiasm for all of us.
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