The Christmas spirit goes on at the Great Central. We were rostered on British Railways Standard 5 4-6-0 73156 for two afternoon trips, the second one being after dark.

Not many people around on the platform at Rothley - they were all being serviced by Santa on the train - but as the other train was still on the single line near Leicester we waited here for quite a while. A chance to grab a shot then.

HBM to everybody. Enjoy the start of the new week.