Up coal train at Barrow-on-Soar Station

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Up coal train at Barrow-on-Soar Station

Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 6 Oct 1950

View northward, towards Trent and the North; ex-Midland Main line London - Sheffield. With an ex-LNW 0-8-0 (No. 49450), this train is probably a Toton - Willesden (Sudbury Sidings) working, which will run via Leicester and Rugby. Cf. Image

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.751175
Longitude
-1.150881