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    ICE 4685 Utrecht CS Train - Photographed: 30-10-2013
     
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    Gresley K2 2-6-0 4686 (61776) approaches Thornton Junction with a rake of vans, 1939.
     
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    Engine BNSF 4687 at Metolius, Oregon
     
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    4688 on train from pontypool Road to Neath at Treharris station Sept 1963
     
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    6AA927 RP NYC Central Railroad Loco No. 4689
     
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    Location - Chester UK.
     
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    Denver & Salt Lake City Engine 4691
     
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    BNSF 4692
     
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    CSXT 4693
    Train O842-07 is passing the Palm river Holdout signals on April 7th, 2010
     
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    The Long Reach water crane at Bodmin Oarkway with 4694 refilling.
    Bodmin Road 1962.
    Taken from a 7 coach train double headed by 6318/19 August 1962.
     
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    CSX O827, running engine light with SD70M's 4695 and 4691 to Ridgewood where they will pick up 60 covered hoppers of phosphate bound for export at CSX's Eastern Terminal at Rockport.

    Railroad: CSX Transportation (CSXT)
    Locomotive: EMD SD70M
    Location: Ridgewood, Florida, USA
    Locomotive #: CSXT 4695
    Train ID: O827
    Photo Date: June 27, 2010
     
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    57xx No. 4697 Westbury shed - 23 May 1965
     
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    LNER 4698 CLASS K2 MOGUL "LOCH RANNOCH"
    This is a model of an LNER K2 class locomotive built in 1993 by J T Drury in Coventry, who built 3 more similar locomotives.
    Loch Rannoch has a steel boiler with copper tubes and a working pressure of 90 PSI, 2 injectors, cast iron cylinders with automatic drain cocks, Wallcharts valve gear with stick lever, mechanical steam lubricator and is fitted with vacuum brake equipment.

    The locomotive was the first steam locomotive to operate on the Top Field Light Railway in 2016 and is the flagship loco.
    Currently owned by John Mason it is out of action having the tender rebuilt, but should be back in traffic during the 2021 season.

    The original “Loch Rannoch” operated on the West Highland Line, which includes the Glenfinnan Viaduct featured in the Harry Potter series of films.
     
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    CSX4699 on 0819
     
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    The Great Western Railway (GWR) 4700 Class was a class of nine 2-8-0steam locomotives, designed by George Jackson Churchward.
    They were introduced in 1919 for heavy mixed traffic work.
    Although primarily designed for fast freight, the class also sometimes hauled passenger trains, notably heavy holiday expresses in the summer months.
    They were called "Night Owls" due to the fact they were primarily designed to haul goods during the night and that they could be seen simmering in the daylight, awaiting their nocturnal duties
     
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    47xx class Locomotive no: 4701
    2-8-0 mixed traffic locomotive. Built January 1922. This class of locomotive was often refered to as Night Owls.

     
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