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The LNER's answer to the Stanier Black 5 was the class B1 4-6-0 of which over 400 were built from 1942 onwards. One of the last survivors was 61306, seen here at Carnforth on 24 June 1968 awaiting transfer into preservation | Steam in the North West - 1967 and 1968 | (4) |
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Stanier 8F number 48551 with a loose coupled train of mineral wagons trundles through Widnes on the former LNWR deviation route via Widnes South on 9 April 1968 through a wasteland of decaying industrial buildings | Steam in the North West - 1967 and 1968 | (3) |
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Black 5 44858 at Lostock Hall on 29 December 1967, with a class 25 diesel alongside. The operation of steam and diesel traction from the same depot did not help the reliability of the new form of traction in the days of mixed operation | Steam in the North West - 1967 and 1968 | (2) |
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Newton Heath had been the largest shed on the old Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and had maintained an allocation of over 100 well into BR days. The few active survivors towards the end of steam working were mostly LMS Black 5 and class 8F 2-8-0s. Black 5 44758 was seen on 25 February 1968 | Steam in the North West - 1967 and 1968 | (2) |
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This was one of the last surviving Ivatt class 2 light 2-6-0 tender engines seen dumped at Newton Heath on 10 December 1967. These modern types were introduced after the second world war to replace many pre-grouping engines that had survived long past their sell-by date, but in reality were never produced in sufficient numbers to make the kind of impact that was required | Steam in the North West - 1967 and 1968 | (2) |
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This postwar Fairbairn class 4 2-6-4T survived to be preserved on the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway in Cumbria. On 24 June 1968 it was stored at Carnforth awaiting transfer to its new home | Steam in the North West - 1967 and 1968 | (2) |
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37-417 "Highland Region" in the classic study of Kyle of Lochalsh on 15 April 1987 | British Rail - Diesels and Electrics from 1967 | (1) |
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The Birmingham Rail Carriage & Wagon built class 104 units were mostly associated with the north west of England but in the run up to electrification of the Ayr line, a variety of units found their way up north to help out the resident class 107s normally associated with this line. Vehicle 53505 heads a three car set at Ayr on 22 August 1986 | British Rail - Diesels and Electrics from 1967 | (1) |
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This view of a collection of engines at Newton Heath on 25 February 1968 emphasises the grime which was associated with steam sheds | Steam in the North West - 1967 and 1968 | (1) |
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Almost three years later 47-704 had by then been named "Dunedin" and was seen at Stirling on 13 June 1989 propelling a push pull train from Aberdeen to Glasgow | British Rail - Diesels and Electrics from 1967 | (1) |
