Parallel Up freight trains on the Midland main lines at Wath Road Junction
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Parallel Up freight trains on the Midland main lines at Wath Road Junction
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 17 Jun 1957
View northward, to the signalbox - just visible, then left towards Cudworth, Normanton and Leeds, right towards Pontefract and York. Here ex- Midland 3F 0-6-0 No. 43714 is bringing up a Class J goods on the Up Fast line while a train of high-capacity coke wagons is running parallel on the Up Slow. Underneath ran the ex-Great Central main line between Mexborough and Wath Yard - see Image
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