Departmental (Service) locomotive at Stratford Locomotive Depot
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Departmental (Service) locomotive at Stratford Locomotive Depot
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 18 Feb 1961
No. 33 is a former ex-GE Y4 0-4-0T (No. 8129) demoted to working in the confines the Locomotive Works Yard at Stratford. By 1961 the whole District was being rapidly 'dieselised', as evidenced by the Type 3 on the left and the Type 1 on the right.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.543513
Longitude
-0.00559