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Alex Coomber Alex Coomber on Train Siding: A wet day at Wigan. The crew of the BR Standard Class 7MT Britannia 4-6-2 No. 70027 gets a soaking while topping up with water at
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Alex Coomber on Train Siding: A wet day at Wigan. The crew of the BR Standard Class 7MT Britannia 4-6-2 No. 70027 gets a soaking while topping up with water at
the...

A wet day at Wigan. The crew of the BR Standard Class 7MT Britannia 4-6-2 No. 70027 gets a soaking while topping up with water at the south end of Platform 3 on 21st January 1967. Devoid of its nameplates. But originally named Rising Star and first allocated to Cardiff Canton Shed. The loco is heading an up parcels train on the West Coast Main Line.