Acton Bridge Station, with an Up freight train
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Acton Bridge Station, with an Up freight train
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 27 Dec 1961
View NW, on West Coast Main Line towards Weaver Junction (for Liverpool), Warrington, Preston, Carlisle etc. The locomotive is Stanier 8F 2-8-0 No. 48260. The line has recently been electrified, Crewe - Liverpool (Lime Street), and electric trains are about to begin (1/1/62).
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Image Location
Latitude
53.26597
Longitude
-2.602369