Up Diesel-hauled express on the Bedford avoiding-line
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Up Diesel-hauled express on the Bedford avoiding-line
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 4 Jun 1962
View northward, towards Leicester and the North; ex-Midland London - Leeds main line. The Manchester Central - St Pancras express is on the Avoiding-line which skirted Bedford Midland Road station on its west side. The station, visible behind the carriage sidings, was badly damaged by a lone enemy bomber on 23/7/42 and was rebuilt in 10/68 on a site slightly further north, the avoiding line being dispensed with. The Locomotive is a BR/Sulzer Type 4 'Peak' 2,300 hp 1-Co-Co-1, No. D135 (later Class 45 No. 45.149: after withdrawal in 9/87 it was not broken up, but was sold to Peter Waterman, restored and is now (2011) on the Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Railway..
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Image Location
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