New Diesel Locomotive Maintenance Depot 1960

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Finsbury Park, London.

LS. GV. Depot with diesel leaving after servicing. MS. As locomotive comes towards and past camera. MS. Locomotive arrives and fills up with sand. LS.MS. Engine driver jumps off train and telephones foreman to find out which bay to enter. Various shots as he fuels up....

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Cataloguer:
Jane
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
85261
Sort Number:
UN 3377 H
Time in/Out:
01:41:41:00 / 01:45:39:00
Canister:
UN 3377 H
Film ID:
2966.24
Issue Date:
1960

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  • "Depot with diesel leaving" - the locomotive is a Brush Type 2, Number D5598, (later renumbered as a Class 31, number 31 177).

    jamied 20th Sep 2012

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