BR Early Emblem - HC1775 - 68025 Coach Type_TSO CIÉ/IR ballast plough van -

CIÉ/IR ballast plough van - CIE Era

Released to traffic in repowered form at the same time as Mirrlees Pioneer in October 1986

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he will continue to inspire future enthusiasts in the same way that many of us were inspired ourselves

with metal Chain links

BR Early Emblem - HC1775 - 68025 Coach Type_TSO CIÉ/IR ballast plough van -This locomotive was one of a batch of 36 Austerities by Hudswell Clarke of Leeds. This particular one was completed in November 1944 and carried the WD number 71498. Purchased by the LNER in June 1946 the locomotive was classified as a J94 and numbered 8025. The distinctive extended bunker was fitted in November 1949 when it was renumbered 68025 and gained the early BR emblem. The locomotive was based at Darlington 51A until withdrawal in 1963. The