Train enthusiasts were lucky enough to get a glimpse of a historic steam train that passed through Wrexham stations last week.
Steam engine 70000 Britannia famously hauled the train carrying the coffin of King George VI in 1952.
The locomotive was built in Crewe during 1950 and was initially withdrawn from service in 1966 - to take its place in the National Railway Museum.
Those plans changed and it returned to the main line in 1991 where it ran until 1997.
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Railway enthusiast and music producer Peter Waterman bought the locomotive in 2000, before later selling it to the Royal Scot Locomotive and General Trust, under whose ownership it remains to this day.
The train travelled from Shrewsbury to Crewe and back last week every day from Tuesday, January 24 to Friday, January 27.
The locomotive from Crewe to Shrewsbury passed through: Wrexham General - 10.59am, Ruabon - 11.05am, Chirk - 11.10am, Gobowen - 11.13am, Shrewsbury 11.39am-11.49am.
Maggie Jones, a Wrexham resident that managed to see the glorious train up close said: "It was marvellous to see the sheer power of steam close up and wonderful smell and cheerful driver tooting."
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