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A Dean Goods on Passenger Duty
20"x16". Alkyd. 1991
These engines date from 1883. At first, they were used for
main line work. When the more powerful Churchward 2-8-0s began
to appear in the mid-1900s the Dean Goods were demoted to
more humble duties, frequently being used on secondary passenger
workings. About sixty members of the class worked in France
during the first world war. The second war saw more than one
hundred requisitioned, some serving in north Africa. After
the war, twenty-two of the engines were sold to China. The
last members of the class still at home were withdrawn in
1957.
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