Locomotive Parade, Rainhill 1980: 'Lanky' Saddletank
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Locomotive Parade, Rainhill 1980: 'Lanky' Saddletank
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton Taken: 24 May 1980
From 1891 to 1900, Aspinall of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway built around 230 of these engines, mostly rebuilds of an earlier 0-6-0 tender engine built by Barton Wright. They were very sturdy machines, and most lasted well into British Railways days, indeed examples could be seen pottering around in the Oldham area as late as 1960. This example was LYR No 752, which became 11456 in British Railways ownership.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.420644
Longitude
-2.74931