Rose Grove Station, with westbound coal train
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Rose Grove Station, with westbound coal train
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 25 Jul 1951
View eastward, towards Burnley, Colne, Todmorden etc.: ex-L&Y (East Lancs. section). The train, no doubt from Yorkshire via Todmorden, is headed by ex-WD Austerity' 2-8-0 No. 90283. This engine was built as WD 7407 (later 77407) in 12/43, worked from Colwick (one of 450 loaned to the Railways - 350 to the LNER) before being sent over to the Continent in 12/44: it returned to England in 7/46, stored at Richborough until put to work on the GWR at Llanelly in 5/47; under BR it was numbered 90283 and allocated to the LMR at Rose Grove in 3/49 and survived untl 10/65.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.786057
Longitude
-2.282871