Leeds - Sheffield stopping train approaching Swinton

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Leeds - Sheffield stopping train approaching Swinton

Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 17 Jun 1957

View northward south of Wath Road Junction, towards Leeds via Normanton, also York via Knottingley (cf. Image]). The 16.11 Leeds City - Sheffield Midland has LMS Fowler 6'9" 3-cylinder Compound 4P 4-4-0 No. 41118 (built c. 1930, withdrawn 1/58).

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.493258
Longitude
-1.307365