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Rylands Sidings
Photo: Dave Taylor

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Item #: 15797

Caprotti valve gear fitted Black 5 (44748) passes Ryland Sdg.'s on the Down Main January 6th 1962. Photo taken by Brian Barlow

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Comment by: Sammy on 23rd January 2012 at 19:29

That loco is definitely not fitted with Caprotti valve gear so it can't be 44748. Looks more like 44898.

Comment by: Ernest Pyke on 22nd February 2013 at 23:11

That signal box was not far away from Queensway where I lived from 1936 to 1958. The train is travelling North towards Preston.

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