Eastward from Thornhill Station, with westbound coal train
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Eastward from Thornhill Station, with westbound coal train
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 18 Mar 1961
View eastward, towards Wakefield, Normanton etc.; ex-Lancashire & Yorkshire Calder Valley main line (Normanton - Wakefield - Sowerby Bridge - Manchester). In the background are the bridge of the ex-Midland branch from Royston to Dewsbury (Savile Town), closed 18/12/50. Thornhill (L&Y) Station was closed 1/1/62 (goods 30/9/63), but the main line remains open.
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Image Location
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53.676265
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-1.633017