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Old 11th July 2010, 07:55
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Well I have today seen a picture of a Diesel - electric 0-6-0 shunter No D3070 on the way from Darlington to London after a overhaul, the picture shows it at Cambridge being shunted by a "L1" class 2-6-4- Tank engine No 67701 in 1959.

For those of us that remember the 0-6-0 shunters, imagine THAT journey, Darlington to London, "Phew" it must have been the journey of a lifetime.


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For extra long journeys such as the one you described the "norm" was for the locos to be "demeshed"and run "dead" in train normally a class "9" 25mph.
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