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Austerity 2-8-0 query

Discussion in 'Steam Traction' started by Jamessquared, Jan 4, 2026.

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  1. Johnb

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    It seems that the WDs were always worse though. Maybe a false memory from my childhood but I seem to remember the exLNER 2-8-0s looking better kept than the poor old WDs. New England was a different story, nothing seemed to have been cleaned
     
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    I've found a photo of 90256 on an up goods at West Thurrock Junction on 7th March 1958 in Vol.5 of Peter Kay's LTSR History. Doesn't give the destination but the book has a section on goods traffic which I shall read. He does write that they were also used frequently on the engineering trains connected with the line's electrification.
     
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