Steam at Celynen North Colliery ? 1969
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Steam at Celynen North Colliery ? 1969
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 25 Nov 1969
Peckett locomotive 'Sir John Wyndham Beynon' (works no.1565, built 1920) hauls a load of wagons away from the screens on a sunny November day. Steam persisted at collieries well after it had ceased on the main line network because of the availability of cheap fuel.
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Image Location
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51.673069
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-3.140219