Memorial

Valour-Railway Locomotive No 66715

Valour

Source: Copyright Simon Blackburn

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Current Location

Named and dedicated at Sheffield., Royal Victoria Holiday Inn, Victoria Station Road, Sheffield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S1 2BP, England

SK 36034 87960

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Type of Memorial: Locomotive / Train
WMR Reference Number: 60964
Description: Class 66 diesel locomotive No. 66715, with irregularly shaped nameplate each side in silver lettering on a black background. Nameplate is designed to resemble those on the Great Central Railway memorial steam locomotive VALOUR (WMR ref. 16046 and 30896).
Inscription: VALOUR/ IN MEMORY OF/ ALL RAILWAY EMPLOYEES/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY

Unveiled

11 November 2003

Local Clergy/Dignitaries

Dedicated

11 November 2003

Local Clergy/Dignitaries

Rail No.476 ( 10-23 Dec. 2003); 578 p.27 (7-20 Nov. 2007)
Forward (Great Central Railway Society) by Great Central Railway Society No.137 p.12 (Autumn 2003); 138; No.139 pp.2,18,20 (Spring 2004); No. 155 p.13 (Feb. 2008)
Unveiling Programme/ Order of Service p.8 (Following unveiling and dedication of GCR memorial)