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I was also privileged to see two appearances - in the last days of steam - of Britannia Oliver Cromwell and 4472 Flying Scotsman at Accrington; they'd come to reverse on the triangle before coupling on to the other end of their respective trains. Oliver Cromwell's driver slightly misjudged the amount of grease on the track and the old girl slid forward two or three feet, drivers completely stationary, before she came to a stop. Even uncoupled from her train she 'lost her feet' moving towards the crossover on the station throat. All good stuff for the cine cameras around - no videos in those days, obviously - but as they were probably silent 8mm the sound would have been totally wasted!
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