A LEGENDARY steam locomotive passed through North Wales and Chester today.
Steam enthusiasts were able to get a glimpse of the 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley as it travelled along the North Wales Mainline on Wednesday (September 18).
The steam locomotive, travelling from Holyhead to Cardiff, was built to a design of Sir Nigel Gresley in 1937 at Doncaster Works for operation on the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER).
The locomotive holds the post-war speed record for steam locomotives on British Railways.
The locomotive was withdrawn from service in 1966 and purchased for preservation the same year; it is one of six A4s to be preserved.
People lined the railway bridge and platform at the Shotton lower level station on Wednesday morning as the locomotive passed through.
It departed Holyhead at 9.10am, and reached Chester shortly after 11.30am.
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