Alex Coomber
Following regional boundary changes in 1960. The Great Central Line came under the management of the London Midland Region. Out went ex LNER locos and in came the BR Standard Locos and Stanier Black 5 4-6-0s. Here one member of this large class. No. 45450 takes on water at Aylesbury with a stopping train for Nottingham on 16th March 1961.