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Wednesday 9 September 2015

GRW 56XX class 5643

A few more from Embsay and Bolton Abbey


the Great Western built them as replacement of the 
Taff Vale tanks which hauled so many of the coal
trains in South wales.


Sadly they seemed to have a habit of derailing on
the tight curves experienced up the valley's


As the drivers got to know them they preferred to
drive them bunker first as the trailing wheels 
tended to guide the engine into the curves


So the Taffy tanks continued to be preferred old as
they were 


Well we don't have any tight curves here

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