Great Central Railway Loughborough 12th July 2004

GCR LMS Stanier 8F 2-8-0 48305. My first turn on this engine & I am cleaning out the fire prior to raising steam - the wheelbarrow is for the clinker which has to be paddled out with a long shovel as the engine does not have a rocking grate . LNER O4 63601 behind is off shed first to pull the first train of the day