A puzzle for our knowledgable viewers. We said the loco appears to be Prince Charles, but without the overall fairing. And the whole train seems to be running on one rail ? On the car park fairground caravans can be seen. Date 1940’s early 1950’s. However Callum Duff gives us the answer: ”The locomotive seen here is ‘Blackolvesley’ which was renamed ‘Elizabeth’, possibly because of the coronation. This locomotive was used as the ‘spare’ after ‘Prince Charles’ was purchased in 1955.”
Image courtesy of Joyce Dobson and Keith Bowers, but especial thanks to Callum Duff for solving the mystery.
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