Diesel-hauled Up express approaching Leyland
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Diesel-hauled Up express approaching Leyland
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 17 Aug 1963
View northward, towards Preston etc., West Coast Main Line. Dieselisation is creeping in - albeit with an unsatisfactory Type 2 1,200hp Metro.-Vickers Co-Bo, No. D5705 (built 12/58, withdrawn 9/68). Its train is the Summer Saturdays 13.03 Workington - Manchester Victoria.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.699658
Longitude
-2.687764