Cutting up Indian Railways XE Class No. 22543, another engine from Beardmore on the Clyde, at Jamalpur Works, December 1976.

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Cutting up Indian Railways XE Class No. 22543, another engine from Beardmore on the Clyde, at Jamalpur Works, December 1976. Twenty vicious back-breaking strokes are needed to slice the head off one rivet, but labour comes cheaper than acetylene gas and scrap is vital to a developing nation. Pieces of locomotive anatomy litter the foreground like the bones of a prehistoric beast.

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Size: 4024px × 2696px
Location: India, Jamalpur Works,
Photo credit: © Colin Garratt / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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