Up coal train at Stapleford & Sandiacre Station
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Up coal train at Stapleford & Sandiacre Station
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 17 May 1962
View northward, towards Chesterfield; ex-Midland Erewash Valley main line Trent - Chesterfield. It was the constant output of coal from the many collieries in the North Midlands Area that together with other freight traffic on the North-South axis made the Erewash Valley line so extremely busy. The coal trains were assembled at the great Toton Marshalling Yard, then distributed south and west from there. This train is coming under the B5010 (formerly A52) bridge (before the new A52(T) was built) and is about to enter Toton Yard, which began immediately south of Stapleford & Sandiacre Station (closed 2/1/67). It is headed by ex-WD 2-8-0 No. 90612, which was built in 1/44 as No. 7468 (later 77468), loaned to the LNER (at Colwick) until 12/44 when it was shipped to France: it worked in Belgium and was repatriated in 6/46, stored at Northampton LMS, then in 1/47 was loaned to the LNER (at Annesley) and remained on BR (ER) (as No. 90612) until withdrawn in 8/64.
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