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Beyer Peacock Garratt at Spital Yard

A huge 150 ton Beyer Peacock Garratt engine #47981 at rest near the coaling tower in Spital Yard in 1951.

Built in 1930, these unusual 2-6-0+0-6-2 engines had a fixed coal bunker and were more typical of continental heavy freight engines. They were phased out from British rail use in the 1950s.