A 19th century 0-6-0T shunter built in 1949 stands outside Sunderland South Dock Locomotive Depot
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A 19th century 0-6-0T shunter built in 1949 stands outside Sunderland South Dock Locomotive Depot
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 13 Jun 1954
This is one of 'modern' J72 0-6-0T's referred to in Image], parked next to an ex-WD J94 0-6-0T outside the major Sunderland South Dock Depot, which in 1954 was coded 54A in the NE Region and had an allocation of 53 locomotives, comprising:- 1 2-6-0 (BR), 20 0-6-0, 6 4-6-2T, 3 0-6-2T, 11 0-6-0T (6 ex-WD) and 12 0-4-4T.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.910724
Longitude
-1.363738