An ex-Works Thompson K1 2-6-0 at Grantham Locomotive Depot
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An ex-Works Thompson K1 2-6-0 at Grantham Locomotive Depot
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 28 Mar 1956
View westward, from Grantham station, ex-Great Northern ECML. The Depot was over to the left of K1 No. 62028 - a Blaydon engine probably just out of Doncaster Works, shining in fresh lined-black livery. Grantham was one of the principal Depots on the ECML - especially for express locomotives. Coded 35B in the Peterborough Division, in 1954 the allocation was 50, comprising:- 18 4-6-2, 8 4-6-0, 14 2-8-0, 3 0-6-0, 2 4-6-2T, 2 4-4-2T and 3 0-6-0T.
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Image Location
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52.906591
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