Last London terminal steam?

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Mickey
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Last London terminal steam?

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I have always been curious of when steam finally finished at the various London terminal stations if anyone can fill in the missing years?.

1.Kings Cross 1963 although the occasional main line steam workings still arrived at Kings Cross during 1964
2.Broad Street ????
3.Liverpool Street maybe in 1959?
4.Fenchurch Street the LT&S electrification was 'switched on' in 1962
5.Cannon Street ????
6.London Bridge ????
7.Charring Cross maybe in 1961 probably on completion of the north Kent coast electrification project?
8.Victoria possibly during 1961 probably on completion of the Kent electrification project?. The last steam hauled 'Golden Arrow' ran in June 1961
9.Waterloo July 1967
10.Paddington in the summer of 1965 although WR steam officially finished on 31/12/65
11.Marylebone September 1966 Stanier black 5s worked the semi-fast services out of Marylebone to Rugby & Leicester until the end of August 1966
12.Euston maybe in 1965?. Camden shed that provided the Duchesses and coronation pacifics for the main line services closed during 1964.
13.St Pancras steam was still seen at the terminus during 1964
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Re: Last London terminal steam?

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Regular service workings not preservation specials?

For KX the reliable David Percival supports occasional arrivals in 1964, with a note that B1 61070 was observed at Finsbury Park on 1st January 1965.
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Re: Last London terminal steam?

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Yeah I saw that Hatfield Shed and further a field apparently a 9F 2-10-0 on a Up parcels train made it as far south as Hitchin during 1965 which may have been the last steam working south of Peterborough(?) leaving a side both ex-GWR Clun Castle in 1967 on a special entusiasts train from Kings Cross to Leeds before the end of steam on B.R. in August 1968 and 4472 Flying Scotsman in preservation with a double-tender on several runs along the ECML during 1968-1970.
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Re: Last London terminal steam?

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The last working steam shed on B.R. in London was on the southern region at Nine Elms which closed in July 1967 and several years later the vast open site was transformed into the New Covent Garden Market in the early 1970s although it's days may also be numbered 50 years on?.
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Re: Last London terminal steam?

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On the western region Old Oak Common shed closed to steam in March 1965 and reopened as a MPD (the 'posh name' for a loco shed) but now closed.
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