Central England's transport and industries
Some very old and very poor photos here I'm afraid, photo-shopped to within an inch of their lives, but still way before the digital era (when even I can take reasonable photos!) but like me, they're over 50 years old so I suppose that's some kind of excuse.
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Birmingham and the West Midlands
Derbyshire
Hereford, Worcs and Shropshire
Nottingham
The rest of Central England
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Birmingham and the West Midlands
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The Black Country Living Museum at Dudley
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'Winston Churchill' MW 2025/23
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The Anchor Foundry
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The Anchor Foundry
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The Anchor Foundry
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The Anchor Foundry
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The Anchor Foundry
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The Newcomen Engine
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The Newcomen Engine
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The Newcomen Engine
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Brook Shaft
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Brook Shaft
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Brook Shaft
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The Canal Basin
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The Canal Basin
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Sunken boats
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Tin Shop and dram
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Tin Shop and dram
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Dudley Canal Tunnel
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Dudley Canal Tunnel
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Dudley Canal Tunnel
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Lifting bridge to canal basin
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Canal basin limekilns
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Canal basin limekilns
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Canal basin limekilns
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Racecourse Colliery
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Racecourse Colliery
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Racecourse Colliery
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Racecourse Colliery
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Street scene
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Tar spreader
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Steel Trap Works
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...And elsewhere
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Hawthorns Station and train
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Hawthorns Station and tram
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Hawthorns Station, train and tram
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Stourbridge Town Station
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Dudley Zoo Railway, 1954
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46141 on Saltley shed
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92155, D149, D66 on Saltley shed
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Class 31 at New Street Station
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M51492 at New Street Station
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86257 at New Street Station
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Derbyshire
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The Cromford and High Peak Railway - from High Peak Junction to Middleton Top
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High Peak Junction workshops
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Trackbed towards the Junction
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High Peak Junction workshops
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High Peak Junction workshops
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High Peak Junction workshops
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High Peak Junction workshops
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High Peak Junction workshops
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High Peak Junction workshops
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'Cromford 4 1/2 Miles' milestone
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Steam engine fuel block
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Sheep Pasture incline foot
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Sheep Pasture incline foot
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Incline foot tensioning pit
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Incline foot tensioning wheel
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Incline status indicator
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Sheep Pasture Incline
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Tunnel under the A6
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Probably a pump or valve house
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The runaway catch pit
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The runaway catch pit
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The halfway stationary engine
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Sheep Pasture Quarry
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Sheep Pasture Quarry
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Sheep Pasture Quarry
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Sheep Pasture Quarry
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Sheep Pasture Quarry
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Sheep Pasture engine house
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Sheep Pasture engine house
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Sheep Pasture engine house
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Sheep Pasture engine house
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Along the line
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Milepost '22'
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Dean Quarry
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Middle Peak Quarry
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Cromford and High Peak Quarry
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LNWR boundary post
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Cromfordmoor lead mine
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Steeple Grange Light Railway
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Coal Hills Quarry limekiln
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Upturned wagon boiler
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Incline tensioning wheel
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Incline tensioning pit
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Incline tensioning pit
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Middleton Incline and Middleton Top
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Bridge over Middleton incline
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Bridge over Middleton incline
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Middleton incline top
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Middleton incline top
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Middleton incline top
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Middleton incline engine house
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Middleton incline engine house
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Middleton incline fishbelly rails
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Incline engine house boilers
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Middleton incline engine house
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Incline engine house boilers
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Around Matlock Bath
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High Tor Colour Works
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Matlock Bath and Class 153
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High Tor Tunnel, Matlock Bath
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Park Head limekiln near Crich
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Temple Mine
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Temple Mine, Matlock
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Temple Mine, Matlock
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Temple Mine, Matlock
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Temple Mine, Matlock
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Temple Mine, Matlock
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Temple Mine, Matlock
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Temple Mine, Matlock
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Temple Mine, Matlock
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Temple Mine, Matlock
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Temple Mine, Matlock
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Temple Mine, Matlock
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Temple Mine, Matlock
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Temple Mine, Matlock
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Temple Mine, Matlock
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Temple Mine, Matlock
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Temple Mine, Matlock
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Temple Mine, Matlock
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Temple Mine, Matlock
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Temple Mine, Matlock
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Temple Mine, Matlock
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Temple Mine, Matlock
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Temple Mine, Matlock, GB 1445
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Temple Mine, Matlock, GB 1445
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Tinkers Shaft
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Tinkers Shaft, Matlock
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Tinkers Shaft, Matlock
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Tinkers Shaft, Matlock
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Tinkers Shaft, Matlock
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Tinkers Shaft, Matlock
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Tinkers Shaft, Matlock
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Tinkers Shaft, Matlock
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Tinkers Shaft, Matlock
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Tinkers Shaft, Matlock
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Tinkers Shaft, Matlock
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Tinkers Shaft, Matlock
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Tinkers Shaft, Matlock
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Crich Tramway Museum and some odd spots
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Blackpool loco EE717/27
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Blackpool loco EE717/27
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Dublin No 68
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Johannesburg No 60
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Johannesburg No 60
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LCC tramcar No 106
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LCC tramcar No 106
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Main street
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Coal tunnel at Chatsworth House
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Monsal Dale viaduct, 1985
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Hereford, Worcs and Shropshire
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Open Day at Bulmers Cider railway Centre, Hereford, September 1974
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No 2 'Cider Queen'
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4498 'Sir Nigel Gresley'
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4498 'Sir Nigel Gresley'
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4498 'Sir Nigel Gresley'
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47 'Caernarvon'
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5786 on shuttle service
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5786 on shuttle service
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6000 'King George V'
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Severn Valley Railway
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48233 at Bewdley
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Longmoor Military Railway 600
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MN leaving Bewdley
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MN leaving Bewdley
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Train to Bewdley
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Train to Bridgnorth
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Train to Bridgnorth crossing
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BR Train to Kidderminster
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Blists Hill Museum, Ironbridge
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Ironbridge canal incline
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LNWR 49395, Blists Hill Museum
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Ironbridge loading dock
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Ironbridge mine adit
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Nottinghamshire
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City of Nottingham
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A weekend in Nottingham at a photography workshop gave a quick opportunity to ride the trams and see a few other things of interest, plus one old photo from the ark.
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Bobbers Mill chimney
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Scotholme Works chimney
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GNR bridge, Cinderhill,
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Central Station, GNR to GCR link
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Central Station, 156411
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Central Station, 222016
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Central Station, 222016
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Central Station, tram 204
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Tram 207 at Cinderhill
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Tram 207 at Cinderhill
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Tram 207 at Cinderhill
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Tram 207 at Cinderhill
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Tram 207 at Cinderhill
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Tram 205 at Phoenix Park
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Tram 205 at Phoenix Park
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Tram 206 at Phoenix Park
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Tram 212 at Phoenix Park
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Wilkinson Street tram depot
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Wilkinson Street tram depot
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Tram 209, Wilkinson Street depot
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Tram 211, Wilkinson Street depot
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Tram 218, Wilkinson Street depot
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Tram 220, Wilkinson Street depot
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Tram 222, Wilkinson Street depot
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46112 'Sherwood Forester'
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49147 at Nottingham shed
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Calverton
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Wagons at Patchings Farm
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Wagons at Patchings Farm
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Wagons at Patchings Farm
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The Rest of Central England
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Northants
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S&L Minerals No 45 'Colwyn'
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S&L Minerals No 57
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S&L Minerals No 35 'Rhiwnant'
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S&L Minerals No 44, 1966
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S&L Minerals No 45 'Colwyn'
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S&L Minerals No 57
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S&L Minerals No 63, 1966
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Corby Steelworks No 11
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Storefield Quarry No 11
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Storefield Quarry No 11
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Cheshire
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10000 on Crewe shed, 1962
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almost 45187 passing Crewe shed
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46248 on Crewe shed, 1962
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Leicestershire
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61187 at Leicester shed, 1962
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