Up coke train approaching Chesterfield Midland Station
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Up coke train approaching Chesterfield Midland Station
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 13 Jun 1957
View northward, towards Tapton Junction, Sheffield etc.; ex-Midland main north-south trunk line. This train, headed by Stanier 8F 2-8-0 No. 48186 and formed of high-capacity coke wagons, followed soon after the Up express in Image - and the iron ore train on the Down Slow has not moved yet.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.239473
Longitude
-1.4192