The image is of the First World War Sir James fireless steam train that was used to transport materials around the Ministry of Defence cordite munitio

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The image is of the First World War Sir James fireless steam train that was used to transport materials around the Ministry of Defence cordite munitions factory at Eastriggs near Gretna on the Scottish Borders that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle called the Devil's Porridge

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Size: 6000px × 3992px
Location: Eastriggs, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, UK
Photo credit: © Allan Hartley / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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