0632 - Photo: John Smith.

55002 (D9002) "THE KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY" accelerates away from Newark Northgate on the 1st August 1981 with the 1S12 05:50 King's Cross - Aberdeen service. The locomotive would be removed at Newcastle and was to power a series of 'Merrymaker' specials the next day between Newcastle, Middlesborough and Whitby.

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