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Fotografie + English: The winding engine from Swannington incline, on the Leicester and Swannington Railway, preserved at the National Railway Museum, York, England.

It was manufactured by The Horsely Coal & Iron Company in 1833 for hauling wagons of coal from the mines up the 1-in-17 (5.9%) Swannington incline.

The engine is a horizontal type with single cylinder of 18.25 in. bore and 3 ft. 6 in. stroke which worked at 80 lb per sq in.

The engine was unusual for the time in having a piston valve.

Swannington incline was operated until 1948 and the engine was donated by British Railways to York Railway Museum in 1951.

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