Midland 4-2-2 steam locomotive (Bing gauge 2)

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Midland 4-2-2 steam locomotive (Bing gauge 2)

Midland Railway 4-2-2 loco, gauge 2 (Bing).jpg (i)

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location:
Arch Three , Area 30
Classic Locomotives (display)
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A "toy-styled" steam-powered gauge 2 Midland Railway 4-2-2 locomotive and tender made by Bing circa 1904.

The locomotive has [M] [R] on its tender, a smaller [G][B][N] (Gebruder Bing, Nuremburg) on its cab, and large clunky wheels, and its bare metal boiler has obviously seen some serious use.

Bing Midland Railway 4-2-2 loco, steam-powered, ~1904
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