No 76017 running round at Alton
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No 76017 running round at Alton
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 7 Oct 2022
One of the terminal stations of the Mid-Hants Railway. No. 76017 is a British Railways standard class 4 2-6-0 tender engine that was built at Horwich in 1953. It is privately owned but based on the Mid Hants Railway. A total of 999 of the various BR standard classes were built up to 1960. To the right of the locomotive is a Rapier steam breakdown crane.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.153414
Longitude
-0.964765