Leeds station was always a reliable spot to find Jubilee's and Black Fives. Most often rostered on the Leeds to Nottingham and the Leeds to Glasgow trains and others such as Leeds Sheffield. Here we see 'Alberta' simmering nicely prior to departure with a Leeds Galsgow which she would haul up the Settle to Carlisle line. Three cylinder engines, they were troublesome in the beginning, being rated as 'poor steamers' by their crews and sometimes worse than the locos they were to replace on just such long hard drags as the S&C. However rebuilding the boilers with a 28 element super heater and smaller blast pipe creating greater draught and some work on the valves turned these engines around and they soon became very popular engines once the steaming qualities had been improved.
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