Ex-WD/LNER Riddles 'J94' class 0-6-0 Safddletank No. 68053. Built by W.G.Bagnall of Stoke-on-Trent in Oct. 1945 as WD No. 75265 and withdrawn in May 1965. With the distinctive square-topped tower of Church of St. John the Evangelist behind, 68053 is on a local trip working in 1965 at Darlington with three new Ford cars on board. Several 'J94s', a Hunslet of Leeds design, were shedded at Darlington and served local industry and also pilot duties inside Darlington Works.

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