Running round on the Cauldon Low branch

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Running round on the Cauldon Low branch

Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 27 Feb 2016

This is the far end of the Churnet Valley Railway with the Ipstones Loop that allows the locomotive to swap ends for the return journey. S160 No. 6046 is running round its stock. Built in 1945 by Baldwin in the USA and used in France during WWII. The S160 is a 2-8-0 weighing some 125 tonnes with tender.

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