Down Blackpool Illuminations Special leaving Preston
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Down Blackpool Illuminations Special leaving Preston
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 8 Sep 1962
View southward to Preston Station: WCML and major junction. Preston was at its busiest during the Blackpool Illuminations and this train was one of numerous Excursions passing through, seen from near Preston No. 4 Box. The locomotive is Stanier 5MT 4-6-0 No. 45448 (built 1937, withdrawn 11/67).
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Image Location
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53.757423
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-2.708274