A local train for Banbury leaves Bletchley Station
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A local train for Banbury leaves Bletchley Station
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 2 Oct 1948
View northward, towards Rugby etc., also Bedford and Cambridge to the right; ex-London & North Western West Coast Main Line. The locomotive is one of the then new Ivatt Class 4MT 2-6-0s, No. 43001. The train is leaving from an Up Main platform rather than from the Cambridge line platform which is visible over on the right.
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