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5820 OAKWORTH 5296 DE-

MURPHY'S LAW & CHANGING TIMES

A two and a half hour drive to join the gallery on Oakworth mound to see ex S&DJR 7F 53808, scheduled to haul the early morning freight, in the spring sunshine, seemed less than worthwhile when the 7F was replaced by 'Big Jim' at short notice.

Churlishness like that seems out of place in these coronavirus times when we would be overjoyed to see an S160 on a freight train.

USATC Class S160 2-8-0 5820 'Big Jim' climbs towards Oakworth KWVR with the 08:15 Keighley - Oxenhope freight on 8th March 2018

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Uploaded on April 20, 2020
Taken on March 9, 2018