GW 2-6-2T at Wellington Locomotive Depot

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GW 2-6-2T at Wellington Locomotive Depot

Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 12 Apr 1960

Relatively new (8/47) '5101' 2-6-2T No. 4158 (withsrawn 6/65) is in the Locomotive Yard next to Wellington station. The Depot (coded 84H in the Wolverhampton Division) was relatively small, having an allocation (in 1954) of only 21:- 5 2-6-2T and 16 0-6-0T.

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.701393
Longitude
-2.517314