Westbound empty stock train at Newton Heath
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Westbound empty stock train at Newton Heath
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 18 Apr 1962
View NE, towards Rochdale and West Yorkshire; ex-Lancashire & Yorkshire Calder Valley main line, Manchester - Rochdale - Sowerby Bridge - Bradford/Leeds, Wakefield etc. Newton Heath Station was closed on 1/1/66. The train is a long one and is headed by a Stanier 8F 2-8-0, No. 48631.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.507436
Longitude
-2.18391