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0-6-0 diesel mechanical locomotive 'Mersey Docks and Harbour Board No. 45'

[Made In Leeds]

MD&HB No. 45

 

Built 1966, at Leeds
Weight 36 tons
Length over buffers 27' 0" (approx 8.2 m)
Driving wheels 3' 8" diameter (approx 112 cm)
Engine 8 cylinder Gardner 8L3-B, 260 hp
Previously worked Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, Liverpool, then various locations for Esso (including Purfleet and Plymouth), and after preservation at the East Somerset Railway
Entered collection Donated by the Sentinel Diesel Preservation Group in 2017
Current status Operational

 

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