1959
TL1898 : British Railways Ivatt Class 4 2-6-0 steam locomotive at Peterborough North station (1959)
taken 68 years ago, near to Peterborough, England
British Railways Ivatt Class 4 2-6-0 steam locomotive at Peterborough North station (1959)
This Ivatt Class 4 2-6-0 steam locomotive no. 43108 is seen here on Platform 4 of Peterborough North station preparing to haul the 10:40 train to Yarmouth Beach. This photograph was taken only a week before the bulk of the Midland and Great Northern (M&GN) line was closed on February 28th., 1959.
No. 43108 entered service with British Railways in May 1951 and was withdrawn in November 1965. It was scrapped in 1966. Of the 162 Ivatt Class 4 locomotives built between 1947 and 1952, only one example was preserved.
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No. 43108 entered service with British Railways in May 1951 and was withdrawn in November 1965. It was scrapped in 1966. Of the 162 Ivatt Class 4 locomotives built between 1947 and 1952, only one example was preserved.
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- Photographer
- John Wilson - deceased (more nearby)
- Contributed by
- Paul Bryan (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- 22 February 1959 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Saturday, 20 April, 2024
- Subject Location
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WGS84: 52:34.5266N 0:15.0688W - Camera Location
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