Star Lane Brickworks tramway, 1989
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The photograph on this page of Star Lane Brickworks tramway, 1989 by Robin Webster as part of the Geograph project.
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Star Lane Brickworks tramway, 1989
Image: © Robin Webster Taken: Unknown
A train of five empty skips heads off to collect some brick earth from stock piles several fields away. The gauge is 2'-0" (610 mm). The locomotive is a 1987 production by Alan Keef, works number 40SD530, to a Motor Rail Simplex design. Alan Keef took over the Simplex business shortly after this locomotive was ordered from Motor Rail.
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Image Location
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51.549931
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0.790795