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Engine ‘Gamma' and A Diesel At Vane Tempest Colliery - Seaham (seah0181)

Engine ‘Gamma' and A Diesel At Vane Tempest Colliery
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Photograph showing the side of a steam locomotive standing on a rail track near a colliery; on a parallel track nearer to the camera is the side of a diesel locomotive; part of the colliery buildings can be seen in the distance; the locomotives have been identified as Gamma and a diesel at Vane Tempest Colliery, Seaham, in 1974; a man is working on the top of Gamma; rows of coal waggons can be seen just beyond Gamma

Engine ‘Gamma' and A Diesel At Vane Tempest Colliery - Seaham

Photograph showing the side of a steam locomotive standing on a rail track near a colliery; on a parallel track nearer to the camera is the side of a diesel locomotive; part of the colliery buildings can be seen in the distance; the locomotives have been identified as Gamma and a diesel at Vane Tempest Colliery, Seaham, in 1974; a man is working on the top of Gamma; rows of coal waggons can be seen just beyond Gamma

Date: 1974


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