Piccadilly diesels
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Piccadilly diesels by Stephen Craven as part of the Geograph project.
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Piccadilly diesels
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 25 Oct 1987
Since the 1960s Manchester Piccadilly has been largely served by electric trains. But in this photo from 1987, they are all diesels: a class 150 'Sprinter' (then quite new), an Inter City 125 (or HST), and two class 47 locomotives.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.477065
Longitude
-2.229884