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5096 (sans chimney) stored in the Broadmeadow roundhouse on 15 December 2012,
This locomotive entered traffic on 6 June 1907 as T 356, one of the highly successful T(524) class 2-8-0 freight locomotives designed by the New South Wales Government Railways (NSWGR) in conjunction with Beyer Peacock & Co, Manchester under the leadership of Chief Mechanical Engineer, William Thow.
 
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Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 2-8-2 Class O-1-A 5100, date, location, and photographer unknown, print by Tom Klinger, Chuck Zeiler collection. The chosen date and location (March 1, 1955 at Lincoln, Nebraska) based on the CB&Q Locomotive Assignment Sheet of that date. Number 5100 was built by Baldwin in November 1920 (c/n 54137) and sold for scrap in December 1957.
 
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London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 No. 5110 (British Railways no. 45110) is a preserved British steam locomotive. It has carried the name RAF Biggin Hill in preservation, though it never carried this in service. Number 5110 was built in 1935 by the Vulcan Foundry. It was built with a low-degree superheat domeless boiler and still carries a domeless boiler.
 
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