Down fast freight at Hartford
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Down fast freight at Hartford
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 21 Jun 1957
View SE to Hartford Station and towards Crewe, West Coast Main Line (Crewe - Carlisle section); this was one of two fairly short two-track stretches on the route which between Crewe and Weaver Junction (where the line to Liverpool left the WCML) were bottle-ncks on a very busy route. The Down Class D semi-fitted freight is headed by LMS 'Jubilee' 6P 4-6-0 No. 45613 'Kenya'. The bridge is on the main A559.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.242556
Longitude
-2.555738