Full steam ahead through Spalding

This is steam train Union of South Africa passing through Spalding on Saturday.

Pulling 12 full passenger carriages, it was on its way from London King’s Cross to Lincoln Christmas Market.

Its sister locomotive Bittern 4464 is due to pass through Spalding on Tuesday, December 30, at 10.45am on a farewell tour before a major overhaul.

Photo by reader Roy Harrison, of Weston Hills.

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