Time Travel by Steam b/w
by Martin Howard
Title
Time Travel by Steam b/w
Artist
Martin Howard
Medium
Photograph - Watercolour
Description
8F class locomotive, 48431, hauls a passenger train through the beautiful summer countryside of the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. The 8F class 2-8-0 heavy freight locomotive was designed by William Stanier and was intended as a freight version of his popular class 5 4-6-0 mixed traffic engine, commonly known as the Black Five . In all 852 were built, initially for the London Midland and Scottish Railway, between 1935 and 1946. During the Second World War, the War Department ordered 208 8F's and requisitioned 51 more from the LMS. Between 1944 and 1946, 68 8F's were built for the London, Northern and Eastern Railway. 48431 was built in 1944 at Swindon Works for the LMS.
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April 30th, 2013
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