9600 at Merthyr Vale Colliery ? 1969
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9600 at Merthyr Vale Colliery ? 1969
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 28 Nov 1969
This is one of a relatively small number of former British Railways locomotives that found their way into further service with the National Coal Board. It is one of the characteristic Great Western Railway pannier tank locos, and was built in 1945. It was withdrawn in 1973 and sold for preservation and is currently (2020) part of the collection at Tyseley Locomotive Works.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.689654
Longitude
-3.340715