WD class 2-8-0 locomotives at Aintree ? 1964
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WD class 2-8-0 locomotives at Aintree ? 1964
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 13 Jun 1964
A very utilitarian locomotive designed for the Ministry of Defence for freight use during WW2, many serving overseas before returning to the UK and becoming part of the British Railways fleet. This pair displays the typically grimy conditions that these locomotives developed, particularly in the later years of steam, making it impossible to identify their numbers. Aintree locomotive shed was a major provider of locomotives for freight workings in and out of the northern Liverpool docks.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.470455
Longitude
-2.960948