FOLLOWING thesuccessfulinstallationof an air pump for braking on a B1 4-6-0 for the very first time, No. 61306 Mayflower was tested with air-braked stock at the SevernValley Railway.
The air pump is located completely out of view between the frames and the centre driving wheel.
The first fire was lit soon after the installation at Mayflower’s home base of Crewe on the evening of October 24 to warm the locomotive through gently, in preparation for a light main line test run
