Welwyn North Station, with Up freight train
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Welwyn North Station, with Up freight train
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 2 Jun 1951
View northward to Welwyn South Tunnel and towards Hitchin, Peterborough and the North, East Coast Main Line: it is on the three-mile two-track bottleneck of this busy trunk route across Digswell Viaduct and through two tunnels. The freight is a Class H, headed by ex-War Department 2-8-0 No. 90287.
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Image Location
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51.823587
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-0.192189