The crosshead and cylinder of a UK steam locomotive repatriated from Turkey. National Railway Museum, Shildon site, NE England.


This locomotive, designed by Sir William Stanier of the LMS, was built by the North British Loco company in 1943 as a standard wartime freight engine and exported to Turkey where it worked until the 1980s. It was photographed at the National Railway Museum's Shildon Locomotion site, where it was being held prior to restoration.


Size: 5100px × 3399px
Location: Locomotion, Shildon, Co. Durham, England, UK
Photo credit: © Washington Imaging / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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