TWO eastbound empties trains on the Calder Valley main line west of Mirfield
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TWO eastbound empties trains on the Calder Valley main line west of Mirfield
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 27 Apr 1950
View westward, towards Heaton Lodge Junction, Sowerby Bridge/Huddersfield, Todmorden and Manchester - see also Image The locomotive visible is No. 49561, one of the 'Austin Seven' LMS 7F 0-8-0s which dominated these workings before the advent of the ex-War Department 2-8-0s.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.675028
Longitude
-1.70584