The WCML in mid-Lancashire: Darlington's Sidings Signalbox, north of Coppull
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The WCML in mid-Lancashire: Darlington's Sidings Signalbox, north of Coppull
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 13 Aug 1960
Taken from an Up express on the WCML, the view is SW, towards Wigan, Warrington, Crewe and the South. Coppull Ring Mill is prominent in the background as Stanier 5MT 4-6-0 No. 45494 (built 1944, withdrawn 9/67) brings a Class J freight along the Down Slow line.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.630413
Longitude
-2.66214