Up coke train at Wath Road Junction

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Up coke train at Wath Road Junction

Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 28 Apr 1950

View NW, towards - beyond the signalbox visible on the left - Leeds (left), York (right). See also Image], which is a very similar scene taken later (1957). The locomotive here is Stanier 8F 2-8-0 - still in LMS livery - No. 8670 (built 1944 on the SR at Brighton, but always worked on the LMSR, until withdrawn 9/66).

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.499674
Longitude
-1.31314