New 'Manor' 4-6-0 at Cardiff Canton Locomotive Depot
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New 'Manor' 4-6-0 at Cardiff Canton Locomotive Depot
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 15 Apr 1951
Built very recently in 12/50, Collett-design 4-6-0 No. 7828 'Odney Manor' would last until 9/65, surviving to be preserved on the West Somerset Railway. Canton was a large Depot, the principal (main-line) one in Cardiff (BR code 86C), with a 1950 allocation of 107 locomotives:- 44 4-6-0, 12 2-8-0 (1 ex-WD), 4 2-6-0, 2 0-6-0, 2 2-8-2T, 12 2-8-0T, 1 2-6-2T, 11 0-6-2T and 19 0-6-0T.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.476054
Longitude
-3.194911