Electric train passing through closed Beattock station
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Electric train passing through closed Beattock station
Image: © Rob Newman Taken: 25 Aug 1981
Electric locomotive No 87034 passes through the closed station at Beattock. Before electrification of the railway this station, at the foot of Beattock Bank, was the point at which banking [assisting] engines were added to the train.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.305324
Longitude
-3.453312