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Steam locomotives destined for scrapping normally had their valve gear disconnected from the eccentric crank, allowing them to be towed with less cylinder resistance. 0-8-0 switcher No. 7718, however, was still intact when I photographed her in the dead line at the Detroit engine terminal in March 1954, and was not officially dropped from the roster until two years later.
 
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VEP7732 is seen just east of Farnborough working a Basingstoke to Waterloo train sometime between November 1970 and November 1972 when it was running in this condition (no raised metal BR double arrow symbol) . The train is just about to pass over the bridge beneath which the Guildford to Reading line passes.
 
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