Locomotive Parade, Rainhill 1980 : Western Courier
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Locomotive Parade, Rainhill 1980 : Western Courier
Image: © David Ashcroft Taken: 25 May 1980
May 1980 was the 150th anniversary of the original Rainhill Trials which was won by the "Rocket". In May 1980 British Rail re-enacted these trials on the same stretch of the Liverpool to Manchester Railway. Western Courier was a diesel hydraulic from the Western Region of BR.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.420836
Longitude
-2.747357