Eastbound local train from Manchester Exchange passing Victoria Station
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Eastbound local train from Manchester Exchange passing Victoria Station
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 3 Sep 1960
View westward from the long platform connecting Victoria and Exchange Stations, showing the Through lines - and a throng of juvenile train-spotters on Victoria's Platform 12. The train, headed by Hughes/Fowler 5P4F 2-6-0 No. 42789, will be bound for Stalybridge etc. on the ex-London & North Western route to Leeds.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.488002
Longitude
-2.244411