Coal train passing Gascoigne Wood
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Coal train passing Gascoigne Wood
Image: © derek dye Taken: 11 Jul 2011
An ironic sight! The dark clouds gather as a train, probably carrying foreign coal, passes the now closed and derelict Gascoigne Wood mine, where tens of millions of tons of coal from the five Selby Coalfield mines came to the surface. The "enemy within" were right!
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Image Location
Latitude
53.779149
Longitude
-1.214954