A '2883' 2-8-0 fresh from repair, outside Swindon Works
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A '2883' 2-8-0 fresh from repair, outside Swindon Works
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 4 Feb 1962
No. 3800 was built in 12/38 and withdrawn 8/64 - representative of a very successful GWR heavy freight class dating back to 1903.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.557506
Longitude
-1.801762