Elstree Station, with a Garratt on an Up coal train
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Elstree Station, with a Garratt on an Up coal train
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 27 Mar 1954
View northward, towards Bedford and the north; ex-Midland London St Pancras - Bedford - Leicester etc. main line. Rotary bunker-fitted LMS 2-6-0+0-6-2 Garratt brings a long coal train up from Toton Yard to Brent Sidings (Cricklewood).
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Image Location
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51.652886
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-0.279944