Panoramic view of West Coast Main Line near Carpenders Park, with Up express
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Panoramic view of West Coast Main Line near Carpenders Park, with Up express
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 13 Jul 1957
View NW from Oxhey Lane bridge, south of Carpenders Park, towards Watford Junction and the North; ex-London & North Western trunk line, Euston - Rugby - (Birmingham) - Crewe - Carlisle - (Glasgow). The express is on the Up Fast line, the Down and Up Slow lines being beyond; the nearest (4th-rail electrified) lines are the Euston/Broad St. - Watford Junction lines, which until 1982 also conveyed LT Underground (Bakerloo Line) trains beyond Harrow & Wealdstone. The express is the 06.35 Workington/09.55 Morecambe to Euston, headed by 'Coronation' 4-6-2 No. 46240 'City of Coventry'.
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Image Location
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51.620169
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-0.382156