Locomotive Yard at Stoke in latter days of Steam, with just 'Black 8s'
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Locomotive Yard at Stoke in latter days of Steam, with just 'Black 8s'
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 1 Oct 1966
By October 1966, steam locomotives on the LMR were becoming monotonously confined to Stanier's 'Black 5s' and 'Black 8s'. Here, just at the time Stoke Depot was closed to steam, were a whole bunch of 8Fs including Nos. 48194 and 48763, but it is doubtful if any were still in steam.
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Image Location
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53.000842
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-2.174595