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Type EM2 electric locomotive on a passenger train near Oughty Bridge. | |
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| L1173. Two types of electric locomotive were built for the Woodhead Route. The eight-wheeled (Bo-Bo) EM1 type and the larger twelve-wheeled (Co-Co) versions known as EM2's. The terms Bo-Bo and Co-Co relate to the number of driven axles on each of the two power bogies. This photograph shows one of the EM2 locomotives working a passenger train near Oughty Bridge (now Oughtibridge) circa 1954. A small huddle of boys wearing the classic 'tank-top' sleeveless jumpers of the 1950's, watch the train approaching. How many of them grew up to be engine drivers, one wonders? | |
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| Contributor | Hughes, P. M. |
| Creator | personalname - Hughes, P. M. |
| Date | creation - circa 1954 |
| Type | Photographs - Black and White |
| Format | dimension.H - 89mm dimension.W - 115mm |
| Identifier | Not Applicable |
| Source | Hughes, P. M. |
| Language | EN |
| Relation | part of - P. M. Hughes Collection |
| Coverage | Location.Creation Site - Oughty Bridge, South Yorkshire (O.S. Ref: 431200 393200) period - circa 1954 |
| Rights | Hughes, P. M. |
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