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Steam Train Post #40: GWR Narrow Gauge Rheidol Tanks engines

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As we continue on our train journey, we arrive at our 40th stop. With this train trip, we leave  Roots of Motive Power in Willits, CA and travel back across the Atlantic to United Kingdom. After arriving back in UK we make our way back to the Great Western Railroad to see their narrow gauge Rheidol Tank engines.  GWR Rheidol Tanks Details Railroad/Basic: Great Western Railroad /Narrow Gauge Rheidol Tank engines Engine: Rhediol Tank Locomotive  Designer: Charles Collett Builder: GWR Swindon Works Built (Year): 1923-1924 3 Locomotives built  Configuration:  2-6-2T Top Speed: 20 mph/32 kph Preserved: 3 real locomotive