Ex-L&Y 0-6-0 saddle-tank shunting near Mirfield
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Ex-L&Y 0-6-0 saddle-tank shunting near Mirfield
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 11 Aug 1953
Beside the Calder Valley main line just east of Mirfield, on shunting work is ex-L&Y No. 51424: one of 230 built 1876-87 by Barton Wright as 0-6-0 tender engine, rebuilt in the 1890s by Aspinall as saddle-tank; this one survived until 10/58. The Works behind was Mitchell Cotts chemical works.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.671036
Longitude
-1.691034