BR Std class 4T 80080

Seen here at Bury Bolton St station earlier this year

80080 being

 80080 was used on London Underground 'steam on the met' trips. Must have been a bit chokey. In 1991 Steam was to return to the Folkestone Harbour branch with 80080 taking the train down from the mainline to the station at Folkestone Harbour and then for the journey back up to the mainline 80080 was used to bank West Country pacific no 34027 Taw Valley. 80080 also became the first steam engine to work a normal stopping passenger service on the mainline for over a quarter of a century back in March 1993, it worked for over a week on the Settle and Carlisle line working from Carlisle to Kirkby Stephen and back. It also returned to the famous Cambrian network in 1992. In 1994 80079 Joined up with 80080 to work a number of steam specials including a run over the Cambrian Coast Line. The deadline was so tight in fact that 80079 had not being able to receive its full BR Black lining out and was only able to run in unlined black. One notable incident was when 80080 with 80079 banking from the rear worked the climb up the 1 in 37 to Exeter Central. When near to the summit, 80080 lost its footing on the climb and stalled the train. The continuous wheel spin from 80080 resulted in damage to both the track and the locomotive. It was only after the crew had hand-sanded the rails for both engines that they managed to get the train over the summit past Exeter Central.

Many thanks to Wikipedia for the above

The last time I saw this engine before this meeting was a couple of year ago when it was in bits at Butterly in the Princess Royal Loco Society workshops. Good to see it back together and running.