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A pair of the mixed-traffic Crab class on Grimesthorpe shed.

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Ref No:	a03612
Title:	A pair of the mixed-traffic Crab class on Grimesthorpe shed.
Location:	Sheffield
Date:	1961/07
Date Period:	1960-1979
Notes:	These were a common sight during this period, these engines having the necessary traction to move the heavy loads for which they were designed. Information from J Thickitt: View north-westwards from Grimesthorpe shed-yard towards the Midland Main Line. The background signal box was the nearest to the camera of the two boxes shown in s15056. Reminiscences by a former Grimesthorpe engine driver who was familiar with this class considered the Crab class to be good all round engines .
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