Up fast freight on Leeds avoiding line, Holbeck
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Up fast freight on Leeds avoiding line, Holbeck
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 25 Jun 1964
View NE, towards Whitehall Junction and the North: ex-Midland main line, Leeds - Shipley/Bradford, Skipton and the North. The train is approaching Engine Shed Junction and the South, headed by Stanier 'Jubilee' 6P5F 4-6-0 No. 45597 'Barbados' (built 12/34, withdrawn 10/64), in its last months relegated to freight work as the Diesels took over the express trains.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.790881
Longitude
-1.558095