Up Empty Stock train near Napsbury
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Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 30 Aug 1958
View northward, towards St Albans, Bedford and the North; ex-Midland main line, London St Pancras - Bedford - Leicester and the North. The train is being hauled by a BR Standard 9F 2-10-0 (No. 92019), which were well able to run at express speed.