Long empty coaching stock train northbound on the main line near Ashchurch
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Long empty coaching stock train northbound on the main line near Ashchurch
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 30 Jul 1948
View southward from Northway level-crossing, on the ex-Midland Bristol - Birmingham main line. The train - of about 18 coaches - needed a Stanier 8F 2-8-0 (No. 48223) to handle it. The reporting number M861 on the smokebox indicates a relief holiday express, however.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.005465
Longitude
-2.108922