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Great Western Railway locomotive, photograph
G.W.R. locomotive No. 5000 'LAUNCESTON CASTLE'. Probably taken 1938.
Old caption - A Modern Express Passenger Locomotive. An example of the type of engine that hauls the fastest booked steam train in Britain, e.g., "The Cheltenham Flyer". It weighs, with tender, over 126 tons, and consumes 45.2 lbs of coal per mile.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
38.151/5
Acquisition
Donation, 11/3/1938
Measurements
Length
(mm): 247
Width
(mm): 293
Techniques
black and white (monochrome photograph)
photograph
Material
paper
Location
In store
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