LMS Ivatt 2-6-0 at West Hartlepool Locomotive Depot
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LMS Ivatt 2-6-0 at West Hartlepool Locomotive Depot
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 13 Jun 1954
At rest on a Sunday is No. 43055 (built 9/50, withdrawn 7/67). Brought into this North Eastern stronghold in the 1950s, these 'foreign' intruders had a far shorter life than did the indigenous NER locomotives.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.680417
Longitude
-1.200305