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    THE LAST WEEKEND OF BR STEAM REBORN!

    Aug 20, 2018 3 minutes
    ALAN WEAVER
    LEWIS MADDOX
    ROBIN JONES
    LEWIS MADDOX
    ROBIN JONES

    Sunday, August 4, 1968 was the day when ‘normal’ timetabled British Rail main line steam ended. That day saw just two engines with a full head of steam at Rose Grove.

    Immaculately turned-out No. 48773 was all set for the Blackburn-Hellifield-Carnforth leg of the Locomotive Club of Great Britain’s ‘Farewell to Steam Railtour’. A grimy No. 48519 was kept in steam as standby.

    As it turned out, No. 48519 became the last steam locomotive to leave Rose Grove,

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