Contrasts in locomotives at Chester General
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Contrasts in locomotives at Chester General
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 29 Aug 1964
View eastward from Platform 4 at the west end of the Station, on a Summer Saturday. The Type 4 Diesel (No. D373) is working the 11.55 Manchester Exchange to Holyhead - and while it waited there for 25 minutes three Up and one Down expresses passed or called, while LMS 4F 0-6-0 No. 44389 and Great Western 4-6-0 No. 4962 'Ragley Hall' were passing light engine, the 'Hall' to work the 13.50 semi-fast to Shrewsbury. Those were the days!
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Image Location
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53.196557
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-2.879815