Field and a Steam Locomotive
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Field and a Steam Locomotive by Ashley Dace as part of the Geograph project.
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Field and a Steam Locomotive
Image: © Ashley Dace Taken: 24 Nov 2010
Number 2370 is a 0-6-0 ordered in December 1928 by the Distillers Company Limited and delivered to their Salt End Works, Kingston upon Hull, in May 1929. After working at Procter & Gamble, soap manufacturers, at West Thurrock, Essex, it moved in late 1979 to the North Norfolk Railway, where it went on static display at Sheringham railway station for a number of years before moving (circa 2004) to a private site at Holt Farm, Broughton Astley, Leicestershire. In September 2008, it moved four miles to Blaby, Leicestershire, where it is plinthed in a field alongside the Leicester-Birmingham railway line and is being used to publicise a campaign to re-open Blaby railway station.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.579925
Longitude
-1.164671