A Down freight rushes through Hitchin station
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A Down freight rushes through Hitchin station
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 2 Nov 1957
View SE, towards London on the ex-Great Northern ECML. Gresley V2 2-6-2 No. 60928 is tearing down from Stevenage on a Class D freight. On the left is Hitchin Locomotive Depot, where an L1 2-6-4T and a B17 4-6-0 can be recognised.
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