'Bittern' is now in a queue awaiting her second major overhaul in preservation and was transported by road from LNWR Heritage in Crewe to become the first locomotive housed at The One:One Collection Museum, Margate.
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Bittern was sold to Geoff Drury in September 1966. It initially operated from York depot (site of the National Railway Museum today) on various steam charters, but the cracked frames and other symptoms of its long career soon spelled an end to its mainline working.
The Sir Nigel Gresley Locomotive Trust has announced that it will be working with Locomotive Services Group to overhaul and help return LNER A4 No.60019 'Bittern' back to service. This news builds on the agreement signed in 2019 to operate 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley on the mainline with LSG.
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