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Lighting up time, 73082 Camelot is prepared for the day's work. © A
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Preparations complete, 73082 Camelot moves out of the yard. ©
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Taking on water at the north end of Sheffield Park, Platform 2. ©
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Moving back to the carriage siding to pick up the train. ©
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Now back on the platform, 73082 Camelot is ready to take the first passenger
service to Kingscot. ©
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The Horsted Keynes water crane can be seen reflected in the locomotive tender. ©
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Running round at Kingscot, before returning to Sheffield Park.
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Much later in the day, 73082 receives a wreath, to mark the last trip before
retirement. Just to reinforce the point, someone has chalked "LAST TRIP" below
the smokebox door. ©
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Kingscot again, 73082 Camelot runs round for the last time.
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End of the last run, backing off the train, ready to go back to the yard,
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Moving back into the locomotive yard for disposal. © A STRONGITHARM |
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Fire dropped, Camelot waits to be moved into the shelter of the locomotive
shed. The Locomotive will stay there until there is space in the workshop to
begin the ten year overhaul. It is almost exactly 50 years since the first
steaming at Derby, twenty six years since the Society purchased the locomotive
from a scrapyard, and ten years since 73082 Camelot was first restored and
entered service on the Bluebell Railway.
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