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    Ex-GWR 4-6-0 Grange class No 6844 'Penhydd Grange' is seen approaching Snow Hill on the up through road at the head of a Class C vacuum fitted freight service on 23rd October 1963. Built at Swindon works to Lot 308 in October 1937 No 6844 was to remain in service until April 1964 when it was withdrawn from Llanelly shed to be scrapped during September 1964 by G Cohen of Kettering.
     
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    Unit 6845 (Borsig) used by CFR - Romanian Railways.
     
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    ATX WSC-6846 .BLACK USB+AUDIO PANEL
     
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    Craftsman #9-6847 Heavy Duty Stapler Gun with Original Tray Vintage S9976
     
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    HP Deskjet 6848 Color Inkjet Printer
     
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    Steam Locomotive 6849 WALTON GRANGE at Marazion, Cornwall.
     
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    BN6850
    A BNSF trackage rights train heads east toward Helper and its ultimate destination of Denver, CO as it descends from Soldier Summit through the Price River Canyon.
     
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    Union Pacific 6852
    On the beautiful autumn day of October 8, 2015, Union Pacific’s MNYRO manifest freight heads west out of Granby, Colorado, at a location known as Windy Gap.
     
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    BR British Railways Steam locomotive 6853 Class Collett GW 'Grange' 6800 Class 5MT 4-6-0 at Didcot MPD dated - 13.3.65 - David Anderson - DA21310.
     
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    KRAUSS #6854
    The KRAUSS #6854 locomotive was shipped to Australia from Hamburg, Germany and railed to the Ipswich Railway workshops. It was delivered to the Maroochy Shire Council on 19 March 1914. Merely 4 months later, Australia was at war with Germany!
    It was the second last KRAUSS locomotive imported into Australia the last being KRAUSS 6927 which arrived a couple of weeks later on 31 March 1914.

    The price £950 ($1646.79) was the most expensive KRAUSS locomotive imported into Australia.

    The story goes it arrived on the coast in a crate and Charles Henry Pope, an engineer who had taken up a position on the tramway construction around September 1913 was given the job of assembling the engine. He became the third engine driver in 1920.
     
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    GWR 4-6-0 Grange class No 6855 'Saighton Grange' is seen standing on one of Tyseley coaling station's roads having just been coaled circa 1939. Built at Swindon works to Lot 308 in November 1937 No 6855 remained in service until October 1965 when it was withdrawn from Tyseley shed to be scrapped during March 1966 by G Cohen of Kettering.
     
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    Viessmann 6856V
    Locomotive cleaner

    Recommended retail price: 17,95 €


     
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    LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: The Dynamic Duo Funhouse Escape (6857)
     
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    50 years ago today, on 15 August 1964 No 6858 'Woolston Grange' worked the 08.55 Bournemouth West to Leeds summer Saturday train. The engine was not changed at Leicester Central, as was the usual practice. From Nottingham Victoria an Annesley crew, unaccustomed to this class of loco, took over the train. This photo shows 6858 taking water at Nottingham Victoria before continuing north to uncharted territory for a GWR locomotive.
     
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    6860 Aberporth Grange waits at the end of Platform 5 at Bristol Temple Meads.
    A young spotter looks onto the footplate, perhaps hoping for an invitation to cab the loco.
    A Bath Road Peak can be seen on the right.
    On the closure of St Philip's Marsh in June 1964, 6860 was transferred to Bristol Barrow Road for five months before being reallocated to Llanelly.
     
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    BNSF 6862.
    Last of the long line of new units is BNSF 6862 - just fresh from the assembly line and paint shop.
     
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    Lego 6863 Batwing Battle Over Gotham City
     
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