Thursday, December 14, 2023

an English West Coast Express exits the Shugborough tunnel, 1865

Hauled by a 2-2-2 named Big Bloomer -- info

The Shugborough Tunnel is a 2,331 ft (710 meter) railway tunnel built by the Trent Valley Railway in 1846 on the Trent Valley line running under part of the Shugborough Estate in Colwich, Staffordshire; still in use, now electrified.

Painted by C. Hamilton Ellis. 

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