Alex Coomber
Steam Locomotives hauling trains out of London Kings Cross were faced with some fairly hard work soon after leaving the terminus with Gasworks and Copenhagen Tunnels immediately followed by the climb up Holloway Bank. Here's overlooked by North Londoners allotments ex LNER Class A3 4-6-2 No. 60063 Isinglass storms up the gradient with a semi fast train for Peterborough in April 1955.