N2 0-6-2T No. 1744 (B.R. No. 69523) arrives at Sheringham Station with the teak 'Quad-Art' set and a parcels van in September 2009 Built by the North British Locomotive Company for the G.N.R. in February 1921 as Works No. 22600, numbered 1744 by the G.N.R. The L.N.E.R. renumbered it first to 4744 and later in 1946 to 9523 and finally becoming 69523 under British Railways ownership. This locomotive was purchased for preservation by the Gresley Society in September 1963 after being withdrawn from New England MPD in September 1962       More... ▼




N2 0-6-2T No. 1744 (B.R. No. 69523) approaches Bewdley station with a train formed of L.N.E.R. coaching stock in September 2009
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N2 0-6-2T No. 1744 (B.R. No. 69523) awaits its first duty of the day at Bewdley in September 2009 - looking far cleaner than when I saw it at New England in the 1960's
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