Steam locomotive moves in Swindon
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Steam locomotive moves in Swindon
Image: © Gareth James Taken: 21 Aug 2018
Three steam locomotives were moved in Swindon on 21 August 2018. Great Western 4-6-0 No. 7819 Hinton Manor was removed from the designer outlet shopping village, returning to the Severn Valley Railway; classmate No. 7821 Ditcheat Manor replaced it in the shopping village, moving around the corner from STEAM museum; and 2-8-0 No. 2818 arrived at the museum from the National Railway Museum at Shildon. Here we see No. 2818 on its arrival.
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51.56415
Longitude
-1.796395