Local train from Oldham and Ashton approaching Guide Bridge station
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Local train from Oldham and Ashton approaching Guide Bridge station
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 27 Oct 1951
The train has come off the former GC, LNW & L&Y Joint Oldham, Ashton & Guide Bridge Railway, which used to provide one of the several connections between the main lines on the east side of Manchester. This line remains open for freight, but passenger traffic ceased after May 1959. The locomotive is ex-GC Parker class 9F (LNER N5) 0-6-2T No. 69370 (built 3/1901, withdrawn 9/60). (See also Image).
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Image Location
Latitude
53.474445
Longitude
-2.114765