Down Relief express rushing through Hartford station
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Down Relief express rushing through Hartford station
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 27 Dec 1961
View SE, towards Crewe and the South: WCML. Electrification is now complete between Crewe and Liverpool Lime Street and electric services are about to start in a few days, on 1 January 1962, but not for another 14 years on the WCML (Weaver Junction to Glasgow). The Down express is headed by Stanier 5MT 4-6-0 No. 45493 (built 1944, withdrawn 1/68).
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