Up freight on the WCML coming away from Preston at Skew Bridge
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Up freight on the WCML coming away from Preston at Skew Bridge
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 20 Jun 1957
View northward, towards Preston and the North: ex-LNW & L&Y Joint stretch (from Euxton Junction) of the West Coast Main Line. The Up Class H freight is on the Slow lines just south of Ribble Sidings, headed by the usual Stanier Class 5 4-6-0, here No. 45184.
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Image Location
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53.736956
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-2.703836