Report content as inappropriate
Original Text (Annotation: epw000577 / 181011)
'
Funeral Locomotive of King George VI, Dover Priory Railway Station, Kent, UK.
British Railways Britannia Class 7MT 4-6-2 no 70000 Britannia Steam Locomotive hauling the 12-coach Cathedrals Express as she passed through Dover Priory Rail Station (alt. Dover Priory Train Station, Victorian) at 5.47 pm on Thursday 7 April 2011.
Cab roof once painted white to commemorate her pulling the funeral train of King George VI - of "The King's Speech" film fame - from Norfolk to London following his death on the 6th of February 1952 at Sandringham House, Norfolk.
More information at:
http://bit.ly/britanniasteamlocomotive
'