Up freight at Westhouses & Blackwell
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Up freight at Westhouses & Blackwell
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 13 Jun 1957
View northward, towards Chesterfield and just south of Westhouses station (out of sight to the left, closed 2/1/67): ex-Midland Erewash Valley main line. A lucky shot taken from a Down express, the Class F freight is on the Up Slow, headed by LMS Fowler 4F 0-6-0 No. 44070 (built 1925, withdrawn 6/62) - countless numbers of which plodded up and down this busy line. On the right can be glimpsed the mineral line which served collieries towards South Normanton and Sutton-in-Ashfield.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.115169
Longitude
-1.369032