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Here's a story about this Steam Locomotive.
This Steam Loco is an K4 Class 2-6-0 No. 3442 61994 The Great Marquess.
Seen at Leeds City Station on 3rd October 1964. This beautiful preserved locomotive is leading the Ian Allan Excursion 1Z10. The Darlington Marquess Rail Tour. It took the first section of the tour from Leeds to Harrogate with 4 coaches and was joined at Harrogate by No 4472 60103 which had brought the main tour portion on the ECML from London Kings Cross. The tour then proceeded to Darlington Bank Top. This photo shows that even when steam could be found on the main line. Engines were preserved and used on enthusiast specials. The enthusiasts around the engine are making the most of this treat to see a locomotive in this condition. When all around are dirty unkempt engines. The Gresley Engine was built in June 1938 at Darlington Works specifically for working the West Highland Line from Glasgow to Mallaig which has steep gradients and many tight curves. This is mainly where it spent its Scottish and British Rail days. It's last shed was Dunfermline from where it was withdrawn in December 1961 and purchased from British Rail by the Scottish Lord David Lindesay Bethune. The 15th Earl of Lindsay Viscount Garnock. From 1968. It was stored away due to the ban on steam. But then in 1972. It was moved to the Severn Valley Railway where Viscount Garnock had been chairman. In 1980. It was given a full overhaul and rebuild. This was completed in 1989. When it returned to hauling specials. Viscount Garnock was there for the first outing and in fact travelled on the footplate. Not a well man at the time. He sadly died a short while later. The engine passed to his son Jamie. But soon it's maintenance required spending money. So he sold it to his neighbour John Cameron on the condition that it returned to work in Scotland. John Cameron already owned Union of South Africa. He kept to the promise and The Great Marquess worked in Scotland for a while as well as spending time hauling specials on English Metals.