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GWR 42xx 2-8-0T no.1247
GWR 2-8-0T no 1247 at the West Somerset Railway.
GWR 42xx 2-8-0T no.1247 being watered on the West Somerset Railway in 2007 at Bishops Lydeard Station
2-8-0T was built in 1916 and is one of about 165 of this 4200 class built for the GWR. It was withdrawn in 1964 and ended up at Barry. After about 21 years there it left Barry in 1984
Today I think 1247 is working at The Bodmin and Wenford Railway
SDJR 2-8-0 no.88
SDJR no.88 on the West Somerset Railway
This SDJR 2-8-0 no.88 was at the West Somerset Railway in 2007 at Bishops Lydeard Station
This ex Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway 7F 2-8-0 was built in 1925. This locomotive as a freight locomotive was not painted in this blue colour, but would have been painted black
No. 88 at the West Somerset Railway in 2007
GWR 0-6-0ST no.6412
Great Western Railway no.6412 in the bay in 2007
This 64xx 0-6-0PT no.6412 was designed by Charles Collett and built at Swindon in 1932 and withdrawn in November 1964. It was preserved in 1965 by the Dart Valley Railway without going to Barry. In 1975 it was sold to the West Somerset Railway Association were it worked a lot of the first trains
This Gala was in the Spring 2007, but 6412 was with drawn later on in 2007, as it needed a major overhaul. In 2008 it was sold to the South Devon Railway Association. Work is well under way on this locomotive. It has now undergone a major restoration at Buckfastleigh. It will hopfully be back in service in early 2015.
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