Up freight at Acton Bridge
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Up freight at Acton Bridge
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 8 Sep 1962
View NW, towards Weaver Junction and Liverpool (electrified 1/1/62) and WCML to Preston, Carlisle and Scotland. The Class H freight is headed by Stanier 5MT 4-6-0 No. 45017, which was one of the first built (1935) but one of the last BR main-line steam locomotives withdrawn (8/68).
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Image Location
Latitude
53.266771
Longitude
-2.60403