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A typical Great Western shed scene from 1950. At Didcot 81E
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Possibly the smallest standard gauge loco 1338 an 0-4-0ST Built by Kitson's in 1898
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Inside Didcot shed stands 1340 an 0-4-0 ST built by Avonside in 1897
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Number 1, Bonnie Prince Charlie, 0-4-0ST built by Robert Stephenson and Hawthorne in 1949. Indside the shed at Didcot.
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Class 4500 4575 2-6-2T 5572 in the shed at Didcot
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The view looking away from the shed has a flat bed wagon next to DL26 an 0-6-0DM built by Hunslet and then a diesel shunter
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Outside the shed by the water column is Castle class 5051 Earl Bathurst aka Drysllywyn Castle
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Looking into the shed we have, left, 2-6-2T a class 4500/4575 and 0-4-0ST class 1361 1363
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Just poking her buffer beam out in the sun is class 4800/5800 number 4866 an 0-4-2T. built at Swindon in 1936
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Another taking a bit of sun is 1361 class 1363 0-6-0ST built at Swindon in 1910
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7800Manor class 7808 Cookham Manor In the shed at Didcot
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6959 Hall Class 6998 Burton Agnes Hall
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Don't have a number for this one but it is a tank loco
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So this is what happens to the firebox!!
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Driver's eye view forwards
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Driver's eye view backwards
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Class 5600 number 6697 an 0-6-2T Built by Armstrong Whitworth in 1928
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4900 Hall Class number 5900 Hinderton Hall - Built at Swindon in 1931
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Another birds-eye view in the shed
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Class 5700 0-6-0PT 3738 missing one boiler
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W T Co number 5 is a 0-4-0WT built by George England & Co in 1857. Along with a Swindon Works truck number L2486
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Class 2800 number 3822 running on the demonstration line
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Been installed since I took this but this is the boiler of 4079 Pendennis Castle
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This is 6023 King Edward ll. Now in service
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What looks to be an 0-6-0 ST under overhaul
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Railmotor No 22 by the turntable
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Turntable and Railmotor No 22
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Traverser display using a carriage
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Idilic branch line scene. Signal - signal box - level crossing with gates - water tower... What could be better?
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Wondered where the design for the class 800 dmu came from - now I know
