Down iron ore train at Stoneyford near Langley Mill
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Down iron ore train at Stoneyford near Langley Mill
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 12 Jul 1963
View southward on the ex-Midland Erewash Valley main line, towards Langley Mill, Toton Yard, Trent and the South. The Class H ore train is one of many run each day from the Northamptonshire ore-fields to steelworks in South Yorkshire. The locomotive is Stanier 8F 2-8-0 No. 48209 (built 1943, withdrawn 4/64) - a Canklow (Rotherham) engine for much of its life.
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Image Location
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53.040837
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-1.337604