Gazelle at Longmoor Camp
Introduction
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Gazelle at Longmoor Camp
Image: © Ian Taylor Taken: 28 Jun 1964
Gazelle has been claimed to be the smallest standard gauge steam locomotive ever built. Originally built in 1893 as a 2-2-2WT (well tank), it was converted to 0-4-2WT in 1911 by Colonel Stephens for use on the Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Railway. The S&MR was taken over by the War Department in 1941 but abandoned a few years later. Gazelle was transferred to Longmoor and displayed outside the camp. See http://www.irsociety.co.uk/Archives/24/Gazelle.htm. After closure of the Longmoor Military Railway, Gazelle was transferred to the National Railway Museum. See Image Gazelle is currently at the Colonel Stephens Railway Museum at Tenterden. See http://www.hfstephens-museum.org.uk/.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.074068
Longitude
-0.864334