Down freight on the Nithsdale Anglo-Scottish main line
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Down freight on the Nithsdale Anglo-Scottish main line
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 26 Sep 1961
View SE just south of Sanquhar, towards Dumfries and Carlisle on the ex-Glasgow & South Western Carlisle - Dumfries - Glasgow main line. The locomotive is Hughes/Fowler 5P4F 2-6-0 No. 42746. See also Image (I was on our honeymoon and my bride was very tolerant!)
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Image Location
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55.357483
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-3.902291