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Standard Class 4 2-6-4 Tank no 80154: 1957

By Pat Salmon

This was the last steam locomotive to be built at Brighton Works; it was Standard Class 4 2-6-4 Tank no 80154, outshipped on the 20th March1957 for British Railways

Third person in on left is Bill Salmon (my father in law).

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Standard Class 4 2-6-4 Tank no 80154

From the private collection of Pat Salmon

This page was added on 09/10/2011.

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On one of my birthdays - probably around 1995 - I had the privilege of being given as a present a half-day footplate course at the Severn Valley Railway. When I arrived at the sheds at Bewdley I found that the rostered ex-GWR "Hall" had failed and in its place was one of these "Brighton Tanks" as they're still universally known. I remarked that the loco and I had been born in the same place and at about the same time. It was a delight to fire and to drive and a great day was had. I still treasure the photos.

By Len Liechti (23/10/2011)