LMS Jubilee 5690 Leander arrives at Rothley with the Great Central Railway Mail train set, 31st January 2010. Between 1934 and 1936, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway introduced one hundred and ninety one new 4-6-0 passenger locomotives of the Jubilee class for express passenger duties. Although they did not attain the prominence of some of the more powerful express locomotives, they were hard-working and could be found through-out the LMS system. They were designed by William Stanier and although in the early days they had problems with poor steaming this was resolved and the class lasted well into the 1960's, being withdrawn as a result of British Railways modernisation plans. 5690 was built at Crewe Works in March 1936 and named Leander after HMS Leander, a light cruiser of the Royal Navy built in 1930. Following nationalization in 1948, Leander was renumbered 45690 by British Railways. After a working life of twenty eight years, mostly allocated to Bristol Barrow Road MPD 45690 was withdrawn in March 1964 and initially dumped at its home shed. By August 1964 it had made its way through the Severn tunnel to the opposite side of the Bristol Channel and could be found languishing at Woodham Brothers scrap yard at Barry. Purchased from Woodham Brothers in 1972 it was the eighteenth engine to leave Barry for preservation and was quickly restored by Derby Works, steaming for the first time since 1964 in August 1973. It completed its last overhaul in 2002 and is nominally based on the East Lancashire Railway.

With steam shooting into the air from its safety valves Stanier 8F 48305 (renumbered 48476 for the weekend) comes out of the winter sunshine into Rothley station with the Great Central Railway Mail train set, 31st January 2010.

London Midland and Scottish Railway, Stanier Mogul 2-6-0, 42968 arrives at Rothley with a mixed freight service, 31st January 2010.