Preservation
The first member of the GCR Class 11F, No. 506 Butler Henderson, was withdrawn from use by British Railways during 1960. It has been preserved and currently wears restored GCR colours.
The locomotive operated passenger trains on the preserved Great Central Railway in Leicestershire during the late 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s but is now out of running order and is a static exhibit in the National Railway Museum at York. The locomotive was temporarily placed on display at Barrow Hill Roundhouse, near Chesterfield, in 2005. No. 506 is the only surviving GCR passenger locomotive.
506 Butler Henderson is still on display at Barrowhill Roundhouse next to British Railways 60532 Blue Peter.
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