1964

SU1384 : Stanier 2-6-0 outside Swindon Works, minus tender

taken 59 years ago, 3 km from Swindon, England

Stanier 2-6-0 outside Swindon Works, minus tender
Stanier 2-6-0 outside Swindon Works, minus tender
No. 42945 is from Alsager on the LMR and rather than being repaired at Crewe it has come to Swindon. Unlike many other locomotives seen abandoned on the Dump on that cold day in November 1964, this engine had another 18 months to live.

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SU1384, 141 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Ben Brooksbank   (more nearby)
Date Taken
29 November 1964   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 2 August, 2011
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SU 138 844 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:33.5420N 1:48.0966W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SU 133 838
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