15100 at Swindon ? 1963
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15100 at Swindon ? 1963
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 10 Mar 1963
This was a one-off prototype diesel-electric shunter for the Great Western Railway, built in 1936 by Hawthorn Leslie and English Electric. Similar locomotives were built for the LNER and LMS, eventually developing into the large class that was eventually given the Class 08 designation.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.566848
Longitude
-1.796527