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LMS 2-8-0 8F 45170 at the Locomotion museum in Shildon. The engine is to be moved later this year to a Northumberland engineering works for restoration. Built by the North British Locomotive Works in Glasgow in 1942, 45170 (War Department WD 554) was one of 26 8Fs shipped to Turkey by the War Department, seven being lost when the two ships carrying them foundered.

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Uploaded on April 3, 2011
Taken on April 2, 2011