Ex-London & North Western Railway Whale 'Precursor' class 4-4-0 No. 25279 'Sunbeam'. Built at Crewe in Aug. 1905 as L&NWR No. 2062 and withdrawn in Aug. 1939. Who could resist taking a phhotograph of a locomotive bearing the name 'Sunbeam'? Not Les Hanson and that's for sure! Pictured on one of his many visits to Crewe, in this case February 1937. The 'supports' on which 25279 rests are enough to give H&S the vapours but this method was common practice in the steam era - even beyond.

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