Gresley Pacifics at Manchester (London Road)?

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Several A3s were based at Leicester (ex-Great Central) between 1949-1957.
60103 Flying Scotsman was based there between 1950-53.

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4488 Union of South Africa worked between Manchester, Sheffield and Nottingham during the four weeks ended 22 February 1941. It was presumed to be on loan to Gorton, rather than allocated there.

Source: believed to be Manchester Locomotive Society ‘Mancunian’ of date unknown, repeated in the Bulletin of the Military Railway Study Group, 35/3 (June/July 2025).