Freight trains on the Calder Valley main line near Mirfield
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Freight trains on the Calder Valley main line near Mirfield
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 26 Jun 1964
View eastward, from beside the Locomotive Depot (across the lines) towards Mirfield Station, Leeds, Wakefield etc. The westbound Class H in foreground is headed by Stanier 8F 2-8-0 No. 48146, the eastbound train behind by 8F 48095. The Depot coaling-plant is in the centre and the River Calder behind. This four-track section between Heaton Lodge Junction and Thornhill (LNW) Junction was exceptionally busy because it carried all the traffic on the west-east axis across the Pennines on both the ex-London & North Western and the ex-Lancashire & Yorkshire routes. (See also Image).
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Image Location
Latitude
53.674214
Longitude
-1.703575