Shunting on the Bricklayers Arms branch, an 0-6-2T with an unexpected future, 1953
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Shunting on the Bricklayers Arms branch, an 0-6-2T with an unexpected future, 1953
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 29 Jan 1953
This is ex-LB&SC R.J. Billinton E4 class 0-6-2T No. 473 'Birch Grove' shunting near North Kent West Junction during its BR days as No. 32473. It was built in 6/1898 and withdrawn in 10/62. It was however preserved, on the Bluebell Railway, where it has been ever since, although out of use and under restoration from 1971 until 1997, when it returned to work in its original umber livery, number and name.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.487898
Longitude
-0.056704