Sunderland station, with Newcastle - Middlesbrough express
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Sunderland station, with Newcastle - Middlesbrough express
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 27 Jun 1953
View westward, towards Newcastle: ex-NER 'Coast' main line: Newcastle - Sunderland - West Hartlepool - Stockton and the South. The train is headed by a Gresley B16/2 rebuild (1/40) of a Raven B16/1 No.846 built 3/20, renumbered in 1946 No. 1406, then 61475 in 1949 by BR, withdrawn 4/63. The station was badly damaged by enemy action in 1943 and was already re-roofed in 1953, rebuilt in 1965.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.905699
Longitude
-1.382533