Down iron ore train north of Chesterfield (Midland)
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Down iron ore train north of Chesterfield (Midland)
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 13 Jun 1957
View southward from just north of Chesterfield Station - just visible, showing a Down iron ore train, from the Northamptonshire ore-fields to the South Yorkshire (Don Valley) blast-furnaces. The locomotive is - once again a Stanier 8F 2-8-0, No. 48356.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.238666
Longitude
-1.41966