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‘The Last Engine Cleaner’
One of a series of detailed, atmospheric and emotional drawings by Nigel Gore of his memories of our North West Engineering and Mining industries.
“A tribute to the legacy of our lost local industries. The North West was at the forefront of Steam Locomotive Engineering. Two of the main examples of this were the locomotive works at Horwich, Bolton and The Springs Branch Locomotive Depot near Ince in Wigan. It was a pleasure to draw this image entitled “The Last Engine Cleaner” It shows one of the last Steam Trains that was based at the Springs Branch Motive Depot in Wigan with its cleaner. The train was built at the Vulcan Foundry, Newton -Le – Willows and was in service from 1929 until 1965.” Nigel Gore











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