1966 - Basic Plough..
Grimy ex-GWR Collett 57XX Class 0-6-0PT 3744 - with painted-on cabside number - at Oxley loco shed, with a very basic desgn of snowplough, on a cold wet day in February 1966.
The loco was withdrawn in August 1966, and scrapped in December. Sixteen examples have been preserved, including some that were sold on to London Transport.
Oxley shed closed down in 1967, but today (2022) much of the site is still in use for railway maintenance services..
Restored from an under-exposed cyan/magenta-colour-shifted original..
Original slide - photographer unknown
1966 - Basic Plough..
Grimy ex-GWR Collett 57XX Class 0-6-0PT 3744 - with painted-on cabside number - at Oxley loco shed, with a very basic desgn of snowplough, on a cold wet day in February 1966.
The loco was withdrawn in August 1966, and scrapped in December. Sixteen examples have been preserved, including some that were sold on to London Transport.
Oxley shed closed down in 1967, but today (2022) much of the site is still in use for railway maintenance services..
Restored from an under-exposed cyan/magenta-colour-shifted original..
Original slide - photographer unknown