NOT The Flying Scotsman
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NOT The Flying Scotsman
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 13 Oct 2016
Despite carrying the famous Flying Scotsman nameplate, this steam locomotive approaching Townsend Fold is actually the ex-Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Aspinall 0-6-0 freight locomotive number 12322. A historic locomotive in its own right, 12322 was built at the Horwich Works in 1896 and is the only survivor of 484 locomotives of its class. It has been preserved by the Ribble Steam Railway but is currently on loan to the East Lancashire Railway.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.692626
Longitude
-2.301174