Llangollen
Ex-GWR 5101 class No. 5199 waiting to depart from Llangollen station for Dwyrain Corwen East with a UK Railtours' chartered train, on 21st March 2015. This 2-6-2T was built at Swindon works in 1934, one of a class introduced in 1929 designed by C.B. Collett (1871-1952). It worked on lines in the Birmingham area until 1961 when it was transferred to Gloucester but only lasted two years there before being withdrawn from service in 1963. Rescued from Barry in 1985, restoration began at Toddington and was continued at Llangollen after the locomotive was transferred here in 1988. It was not until 1st February 2003 that the locomotive could be steamed again, a full forty years after its withdrawal.
Location: Llangollen
Original line: Llangollen and Corwen Railway
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Photosets: Welsh stations, National and Heritage Lines 1980-2022
Date: 21/03/2015
Image number: 71263
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