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 Post subject: Didcot, 1963
PostPosted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 1:18 pm 

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Before it became the museum of today:

http://abpr.railfan.net/abprphoto.cgi?f ... l_1963.jpg


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 Post subject: Some Didcot survivors
PostPosted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 1:45 pm 

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No. 1338, at Swansea East Dock in 1963:

http://abpr.railfan.net/abprphoto.cgi?f ... e_1963.jpg

And Pendennis Castle, at Wolverhampton in 1958:

http://abpr.railfan.net/abprphoto.cgi?f ... a.1958.jpg

The 1338 is said to be operational at Didcot. The big Castle class is undergoing repairs there, after donation by Hammersly Iron Co. of Australia, in 2000. It operated several years down under, before returning.


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