British Industrial Systems

As steam traction was run down on BR lines, so interest in industrial systems rose. There were many places around the country with a wealth of ancient and modern machines still hard at work in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Here are just a few to start with, the pictures are in chronological order, oldest first. Plenty more to be added!

Despite it being a Sunday, work continues at Staveley Iron Works, where ex-Midland Railway Johnson "half-cab" 1F 0-6-0T No. 41763 is shunting in the yard. Apparently, the works had a very long contract with the Midland Railway to provide motive power and this was the reason that the locos used here outlasted their classmates elsewhere! 11th April 1965. Slide No. 1272.

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Despite it being a Sunday, work continues at Staveley Iron Works, where ex-Midland Railway Johnson "half-cab" 1F 0-6-0T No. 41763 is shunting in the yard. Apparently, the works had a very long contract with the Midland Railway to provide motive power and this was the reason that the locos used here outlasted their classmates elsewhere! 11th April 1965. Slide No. 1272.

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