Freight train heading towards Lichfield, 1960
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Freight train heading towards Lichfield, 1960
Image: © Robin Webster Taken: 16 Apr 1960
Viewed from a boat on the Coventry Canal. Note the neatly laid towpath hedge. The train seems to be carrying coke - the larger hopper wagons are certainly 20 ton coke wagons, coke being a low density material. The locomotive, 8F 2-8-0 48250, is one of the few of its class fitted with the smaller Fowler tender.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.700414
Longitude
-1.770882