S160 Class 5197 on the C.V.R.
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The S160's were built in the U.S.A. and sent to Britain during WWII. They were a stop-gap solution to keep the railways running when Britain's railway workshops were busy with armaments manufacture.
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From my YouTube™ collection at www.youtube.com/user/churnetvalley
October 2007
This is a montage of clips of 5197: at the foot crossing at Consall Upper Flint Mills,
running around at Kingsley & Froghall Station and then passing the Black Lion at Consallforge.
The official railway website is at www.churnet-valley-railway.co.uk