'Lucy' shunting the ICI sidings, Widnes ? 1967
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'Lucy' shunting the ICI sidings, Widnes ? 1967
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 22 Feb 1967
'Lucy' was built by the Avonside Engineering Co. of Bristol (no.1568) in 1909 for the Hutchison Estate and Dock Co of Widnes who ran the West Bank Dock and a network of, at its height, around 12 miles of railway tracks. On being retired in 1971 she was preserved and currently resides at the Ribble Steam Railway in Preston https://ribblesteam.org.uk/exhibits/steam/avonside-1568-1909-lucy/ She is seen passing under the approach viaduct to the Runcorn Railway Viaduct. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3435310
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