New B1 4-6-0 coupled inside another on Down express at Sheffield Victoria
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New B1 4-6-0 coupled inside another on Down express at Sheffield Victoria
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 17 Jul 1947
View SW, towards Nottingham, Leicester and London, also Retford, Lincoln and Grimsby, on the ex-GC main lines from Manchester. This is the 10.00 Marylebone - Manchester London Road express and the two B1s had taken over (from another B1) at Leicester Central. These B1s were almost brand-new and perhaps not entirely trusted - especially over the 'mountains' to Manchester, hence the double-heading. The engine depicted is No. 1156 (built 5/47, withdrawn 11/63).
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Image Location
Latitude
53.386715
Longitude
-1.458696