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Queens Jubilee Celebration
Nene Valley Railway
Thu 2nd June 2022 - Sun 5th June 2022
10am - 4pm
The Queen's Platinum Jubilee 2022
We are pleased to announce that Bahamas Locomotive will be hauling all of our passenger services on Sunday 5th June
Join us for a trip on a Jubilee to celebrate The Jubilee Event!
The 'Jubilee' class of locomotive was designed by Sir William Stanier on his arrival at the London Midland and Scottish Railway. During his review of locomotive requirements he found that the company required a locomotive capable of hauling fast secondary express passenger services between major cities but where loading gauge restrictions may exclude his newly built 4-6-2 Pacific Princess Royal class engines. This class of engine was derived from an older class of engine known as the Patriot Class which had been designed by his predecessor, Henry Fowler.
As no. 5596, 'Bahamas' was built in the Scottish area of the LMS by the North British Locomotive Company and entered service with the London Midland & Scottish Railway in January 1935. The engine was initially allocated to Crewe before moving on to various sheds around the English area of the LMS including Carlisle Kingmoor, Grimethorpe and Millhouses in Sheffield. Finally, no.45596 (as it had become by then under BR) was allocated to Stockport Edgeley in 1962. The engine remained here for four years and after hauling a number of enthusiast's specials was withdrawn from traffic.
Join the NVR as we celebrate steam hauled services with Bahamas n Sunday 5th June as part of our Platinum Jubilee Celebration
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