ABOVE: LMS Class 8F 2-8-0 No. 48405 waits for signals at Kirkby in Ashfield, while 0-6-0 Shunter No. D3696 busies itself with a raft of mineral wagons on 23rd March 1966. No. 48405, sheded at Kirkby in Ashfield (16E), was withdrawn 3 months later, while No. D3696 became No. 08534 and was withdrawn from Motherwell (ML) in 2002, meeting its end at TJ Thomson, Stockton in 2007. Tony Smith
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