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    Nov 19, 2021 4 minutes

    send your letters to Steam World, 4 Milnyard Square, Orton South gate, Peterborough PE2 6GX or steamworld@choicemag.co.uk

    A lone LNWR 0-8-0 at Willesden

    I have a regular order for Steam World and in October’s issue I noticed a letter from a Mr. Bernard that spoke of the lonely spectacle of former LNWR Bowen-Cooke 0-8-0 No.49413.

    I photographed this on July 8 1961 and attach a copy of the photograph as this may be of interest for future issues. I would add that I often wondered what the wooden devices were for and at long last I now know thanks to the article.

    D Cashen by e-mail

    Do look down from the towering ironwork

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