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    SP 7419
    Location: Tehachapi, California
     
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    Latitude 7420 14 Inch 2-in-1 Laptop
     
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    Beyer Garratt N° 397 type 4-8-2+2-8-4T (Beyer Peacock Locomotive Works, Manchester Gorton 7421 / 1950), that belonged to the former Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia (FCAB), at Potosí station. BOLIVIA 2024
     
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    CNR Steam Locomotive 7422
     
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    ATSF 7423 East autoracks between Dalies and Rio Puerco, New Mexico.
     
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    Magnificent spiral galaxy NGC 7424
     
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    Builder Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns Ltd,
    Darlington, England
    Builder’s Number & Year
    7425 of 1951
     
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    Pan Am Railways Locomotive.
    Pannier tank 7426 awaiting breaking up at Swindon Works on 31/07/63.
     
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    On a cold but sunny afternoon, BNSF 7427 leads a southbound Roberts Bank, BC to Laurel, MT empty coke train through Blanchard, WA on January 18th, 2021.
     
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    GWR 7400 Class 0-6-OPT Steam Locomotive No. 7428
     
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    This locomotive was built by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns Ltd in 1951 as their builder's number 7429, being the ninth of ten members
     
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    Beyer Peacock Works No 7430 – NG 129
    This is one of 34 locomotives built by Beyer, Peacock and Company at Gorton, Manchester for the South African Railways. The Beyer-Barratt locomotives became the South African Railways NGG16 class. This locomotive was built in 1951.
    This locomotive and classmate (Works no 7428) were purchased from the South African Railways for use on the private Alfred County Railway (ACR), which had taken responsibility for the Port Shepstone to Harding branch line and remained in operation for freight until 2001 and passengers until 2005.
    For details of class NG G16 locomotives go to Class NG G16 .
    The line was still owned by SAR/Transnet but the Port Shepstone and Alfred County Railway (PSACR) was granted an operational and maintenance lease for a period of 199 years. Because of financial problems the PSACR was forced into bankruptcy in 2004.
    In 1996 the locomotive was acquired by the Puffing Billy Railway which is based at Menzies Creek in Melbourne and transported to Australia.
     
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    Canadian Pacific ran their "Starlight" train on CN from CANPA JCT to HAMILTON JCT where it diverged onto the old TH&B Hamilton Sub. NYC 7430, 7431 and 5820 were common power on the Starlight usually on alternating days with CP power. Occasionally, TH&B power could be seen on the Starlight.
     
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