Polish PKP Locomotive No.5485 makes its way across the River Nene, swollen by the recent bad weather, heading to Peterborough, on the 12.00 departure from Wansford. Nene Valley Railway. 11 03 2023
Tkp-5485 was built in 1959 by Fabryka Lokomotyw, Chrzanow for the PKP (Polish State Railways) as one of their powerful Tkp Class 0-8-0T Locomotives. The locomotive worked in the Silesian (Slask) coalfields in Bytom for all of its working life until withdrawal from service in 1995.
The locomotive was purchased privately and moved to the UK for preservation, first going to the Llangollen Railway for restoration and afterwards it moved to the Nene Valley Railway where it is still based today under new ownership and going strong following its second overhaul a few years ago.
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Polish PKP Locomotive No.5485 makes its way across the River Nene, swollen by the recent bad weather, heading to Peterborough, on the 12.00 departure from Wansford. Nene Valley Railway. 11 03 2023
Tkp-5485 was built in 1959 by Fabryka Lokomotyw, Chrzanow for the PKP (Polish State Railways) as one of their powerful Tkp Class 0-8-0T Locomotives. The locomotive worked in the Silesian (Slask) coalfields in Bytom for all of its working life until withdrawal from service in 1995.
The locomotive was purchased privately and moved to the UK for preservation, first going to the Llangollen Railway for restoration and afterwards it moved to the Nene Valley Railway where it is still based today under new ownership and going strong following its second overhaul a few years ago.
Source: www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=5027