BR Standard Class 4 2-6-0
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The BR Standard Class 4 2-6-0 is a class of steam locomotive designed by Robert Riddles for British Railways. 115 locomotives were built to this standard.
British Railways No. 76000 in 1952.
Class 4MT 76017
BR Riddles Standard Class "4MT" 2 6 0 No.76077
76079 Castleton East Junction
Woodham Brothers
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Woodham Brothers Ltd is a trading business, based mainly around activities and premises located within Barry Docks, in Barry, South Wales. It is noted globally for its 1960s activity as a scrapyard, w
BR Standard Class 4 2-6-0
…was derailed by trap points at Whitchurch Town station. Four engines have survived into preservation, all four built at Horwich Works and rescued from Woodham Brothers scrapyard at Barry Island. Three members of the class have steamed so far in preservation but 76077 has yet to do so and is at present undergoing…
Woodham Brothers scrapyard in 1982
GWR 6000 Class 6023 King Edward II at Woodham Brothers in 1982
The first locomotive to leave Woodhams for preservation, the Midland-built 4F, No.43924, piloting BR Riddles 'Standard' 4MT 4-6-0 locomotive No.75078, photographed 17 years later in 1983 approaching Ebor Lane road bridge, Haworth on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.
SR Merchant Navy class Shaw Savill (left) with SR Battle of Britain class 249 Squadron (right) at Woodham's Scrapyard in 1984.