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[Brutikus]

Built at first Ipswich Railway Workshops as B/n 1 in 1877.

Using spare parts supplied with the first four locomotives. Built as a 2-4-0. Sold to Fairymead Mill in 1891.

Boiler exploded in 1893. Reboilered.

Out of service in 1946 and sadly scrapped in 1951.

 

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Installing the engine of a diesel CNR locomotive. Kingston, Ontario, 1928

 

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[Mandon Knight]

For those who can get access, BBC 4 have been doing a series of documentaries covering the individual pre-BR conglomerate groupings covering the UK, e.g. Cornwall & Dorset, GWR, East Coast etc. They were on over Christmas, but would be on i-player I suspect now.

 

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1895 train wreck, Gare Montparnasse terminal, Paris

 

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[Captain Bryan]

This may interest some of you..
long cab rides - YouTube

I used to work nights and would occasionally have videos like this playing in the background. Very relaxing.

 

[C. Lee]

Panama RR Relocation, Gold Hill Line The High Cut, La Pita Divide Looking North. 10/18/1911

 

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