Lathen
The date is 10th May 1975 and the location is just south of Lathen, where southbound trains were faced with just about the only significant adverse gradient between Emden and Rheine. Oil-fired 2-10-0 No. 043 167 and 2-8-2 No. 042 083 are approaching the summit (which if I remember correctly was in a cutting just before the level crossing with the then B70 main road). The normal motive power for these 4,000t iron-ore trains was two 2-10-0s, but the use of a class 042 was by no means unusual, although perhaps the 2-8-2 would normally have acted as pilot.
Location: Lathen
Original line: Deutsche Bahn
Photographer: Bill Jamieson
Contact photographer: Bill Jamieson
Date: 10/05/1975
Image number: 61203
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