Down iron ore train entering Nottingham Victoria
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Down iron ore train entering Nottingham Victoria
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 12 Oct 1962
View southward, towards Leicester, Woodford Halse and Banbury/London on ex-GC main line, also Grantham on ex-GN line. The Class 9 train is probably coming from the Denton or Harlaxton outcrops via Belvoir Junction and is bound for either Stanton Ironworks via the GN line and Kimberley or Staveley Works via the GC line: it is headed by Thompson Class O1 2-8-0(rebuilt 12/45 from ex-GC O4). (See also Image], Image], Image]).
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Image Location
Latitude
52.955936
Longitude
-1.147621