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    5231 was built by Armstrong-Whitworth in 1936 for the London, Midland & Scottish Railway.
    It spent most of its early career at Patricroft shed, working mainly to North Wales and Leeds.
    After nationalisation in 1948, it was renumbered 45231 by British Railways.

    45231 was transferred to Northampton in October 1954, but was only officially there for a month — such allocation changes were often only carried out on paper — and then transferred to Aston, where it remained for nine years.
    45231 was officially transferred to Rugby in February 1963, but was moved a short time later (July) to Chester.
    It stayed at Chester until closure of Chester shed in April 1967 when 45231 was then transferred to Speke Junction and finally Carnforth, where 45231 lasted until the last day of steam on BR in August 1968.

    It was sold by BR directly into preservation and was restored at Carnforth to LMS livery.
     
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    Baltimore & Ohio Steam Locomotive 5232 (4-6-2) -
    Date: 2/13/1955 Location: Ridge View, PA
     
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    An ex-works factory portrait of the No.2 end of D5233, just prior to entering traffic.
    The twenty year seven month career of D5233/25083 saw allocations to the London Midland, Scottish & Eastern Regions. It would be one of several Class 25s allocated to Saltley for crew training and would be one of a handful of Class 25s allocated to Inverness.

    Built: BR Derby Locomotive Works.
    Boiler equipped.
    Angled strip at bottom of cab doors.
     
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    Steam Locomotive 5234 - 1950s - Newport Ebbw Junction
     
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    GWR 2-8-0T 5235 gets underway from Severn Tunnel Junction with a heavy freight train bound for the Gloucester direction. 9th September 1965
     
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    Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Steam Locomotive # 5236 4-6-2 Class - Etna PA. - 1954
     
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    Canadian Pacific Railway P1n subclass 2-8-2 - # 5238 - Although officially designated as rebuilt locomotives the 5200's were in fact more new than old. They didn't even get their own class, just subclass "n" of class P1. Starting with N2 class 2-8-0's (3600's and 3700's), new boilers, the heart of a steam locomotive, were built along with the addition of mechanical stokers (NEVER say "automatic stoker" to a fireman!), and application of an enclosed vestibule cab. Much bigger tenders were applied as well, carrying 18 tons of coal and 10,000 gallons of water. The engines themselves were already newer from an earlier 1923-30 rebuild of the original 38-3900 N3 class 2-8-0's with new frames, cylinders and motion. The 5200's continued to show the original 1910-1914 dates most having been built by MLW (52), plus 8 CLC and 5 by Canada Foundry. Note: "Engines" refers to the two sets of cylinders and motion on each side comprising an independent engine.
     
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    5239 was built at Swindon in 1924 and has raised frame over the cylinders.
    It was based at Neath for all of its working life which lasted until 1963 when it was withdrawn when it was sent to Barry scrapyard where it remained until 1973.
    The locomotive was purchased by the Dart Valley Railway and arrived at Newton Abbot in June 1973. Much of the restoration work that was then undertaken was done at Newton Abbot before it was moved to Paignton in June 1976 where 5239 was returned to steam.
    5239, which carries the name Goliath, was taken out of service on the Dartmouth Steam Railway at the end of the 2015 season and stored at Churston work.
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    5239 in Woodham’s scrapyard at Barry – c1973
     
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    Went on Goliath a few times before it was withdrawn, ante <cheers>
     
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    Steam Locomotive 5240 - 1954/07/17 - Kemble Junction. The heavy 2-8-0 tank takes water and a break before continuing to Swindon. The first wagon is ex GCR.
     
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    5241
    Type and origin
    Power type Steam
    Designer Charles Collett
    Builder GWR Swindon Works
    Build date 1923–1940
    Total produced 100
     
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    Steam Locomotives 5242 & 5223 - 1964-09-20 - Aberdare Sheds
     
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    5243 Maude at Polmandie open day – September 2000
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    5243 was built by Neilson & Co at the Hyde Park Works in Glasgow in 1891.

    In 1915 the engine was rebuilt at Cowlair works by Reid, Holmes successor, with a slightly larger boiler along with most of the engines of the J36 class.

    In November 1917 it was loaned to the ROD for use in France during the First World War. It returned from France in June 1919 to return to service on the NBR where it gained the name Maude after Lieutenant General Sir Fredrick Stanley Maude, who had commanded the successful British forces in Mesopotamia until his death from cholera in 1917.
     
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    Pennsylvania R R Steam Locomotive # 5244 (0-6-0) -
    Date: 7/15/1959 - Location: Hornerstown, NJ
     
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    Locomotives: SOU 5246(GP38-2)
    Date: 8/10/1984 - Location: Morristown, TN
     
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    NS 5247 enters CSX trackage on its way to Roanoke Jct in 1994 with a string of woodchip cars.
     
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    Steam Locomotive # 5248 - Ukraine
     
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    CN 5249 leads an empty coal train east north of Hope, BC, across the Fraser River from Yale
     
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