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TR0160 : "The Spitfire" near Faversham Station

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"The Spitfire" near Faversham Station

Ready to be joined onto carriages in Faversham Station for the Hop Festival trip to the Isle of Sheppey and back. The lane to the right of the picture leads to Station Road and Faversham railway station. The Locomotive is "Tangmere", named after the wartime RAF fighter station near Chichester but used mainly on trains between London and Kent until the 1960s. It was built at Brighton in 1947 and is the only one of the "Battle of Britain" Class currently certified to run on the main line. It is believed to be the first passenger train to depart from Sheerness behind steam since the line was electrified in 1959.

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2009

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Grid Square: TR0160, 130 images (more nearby)
Photographer: pam fray (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph
Date Taken: Sunday, 6 September, 2009 (more nearby)
Submitted: Sunday, 6 September, 2009
Category: Steam engines (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: TR 016 608 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:18.6729N 0:53.4910E
Photographer Location: OSGB36: TR 016 608
View Direction: West-northwest (about 292 degrees)