Westbound freight on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway near Lea Green
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Westbound freight on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway near Lea Green
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 16 Apr 1962
View eastward to Lea Green, Manchester etc.: ex-LNW main line. Stanier 5MT 4-6-0 No. 45196 (built 1935, withdrawn 12/67) needs an 0-6-0T banker for the mere 1½ miles of 1-in-91 up from St Helens Junction.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.426176
Longitude
-2.726983