720 class 2-8-4
17 built 1930-1943 Islington Railway Workshops
Improved version of 710 class with a booster truck hence unusual 2-8-4 arrangement
#720-36
Goods train at unidentified location c. 1953
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#733
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with booster cut in52,000 lbs
Confined to heavy lines as tendency to spread rails on the lighter lines.
Goods train at Eden Hills, 28 July 1951
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#731
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#731
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14 December 1952
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#728
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#733
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Goods train at Eden Hills c. 1952
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#736
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All scrapped 1958-1963 sadly. They were stylish powerful locomotives. A credit to all at Islington workshops SAR.
Class leader #720 c. 1953
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