Eastbound freight on North Mersey line passing site of Ford Station and Aintree Sorting Sidings
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Eastbound freight on North Mersey line passing site of Ford Station and Aintree Sorting Sidings
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 12 Jun 1959
View westwards near Sefton Junction, towards North Mersey Goods, Gladstone Dock and Liverpool Exchange via Linacre Road; ex-Lancashire & Yorkshire line. Ford station (closed 2/4/51) was this side of the A5038 bridge in the distance; Aintree SS are across on the south side of the line. The locomotive on the Class F freight is ex-War Department 2-8-0 No. 90557: note that it is fitted with a snow-plough - in mid-June. [I thank Phil Prosser for his corrections].
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Image Location
Latitude
53.469765
Longitude
-2.968465