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Date modified11-Jul-14 20:56
52021 1953 Springs Branch

52021 1953 Springs Branch

A good reminder of Shed debris. Ladder with rung hooks to catch ankles during the night shift, when your handlamp had blown out and a firehole top air chute directer also left on the floor. They could be really sharp to your shins. Known locally as 'Wigan Pigs' or 'Ironclads' by railwaymen and enthusiasts these ancient L&YR 1876 designed Barton-Wright 0-6-0s were the basis of the saddle tank conversions carried out by Aspinall during the 1890s when the L&YR was short of a standard shunting class. The majority of the class were altered but a few were kept as tender engines for working lightly laid lines because their axle loading was less than their replacements, the 'A' class. Springs Branch's own No. 52021 was pictured outside No.2 shed during 1953.