Locomotives at Stoke Shed in latter days of steam
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Locomotives at Stoke Shed in latter days of steam
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 1 Oct 1966
On the left is (probably condemned) LMS Fowler 3F 0-6-0T No. 47273 (built 1924 as No. 7113, withdrawn 11/66); in the middle BR Standard 4MT 4-6-0 No.75062 (built 6/57, withdrawn 2/68). Stoke Locomotive Depot (coded 5D) provided a large variety of motive power, having had an allocation of about 100, the 91 in 1954 comprising 6 4-6-0, 41 0-6-0, 30 2-6-4T and 14 0-6-0T, by late 1966 was one of last bastions of steam.
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Image Location
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53.000842
Longitude
-2.174595