LNER Thompson Class B1 61306

LNER Thompson Class B1 No. 61306 Mayflower is a 4-6-0 steam locomotive built in 1948 at the North British Locomotive Company to a design by Edward Thompson, works number 26207. It hauled mixed traffic trains on British Railways' Eastern, North Eastern and Scottish Regions until it was bought for preservation in 1967, when it was renumbered and given its current name; its final allocation in June 1967 was to Bradford Low Moor and it was withdrawn in September 1967. It was privately purchased for preservation at Steamtown Carnforth, one of just two preserved Thompson B1s. The name Mayflower came from a scrapped British Railways-built B1, number 61379. In 2019 it emerged from an extensive overhaul and was certified for running on the British mainline.