Up freight at Croes Newydd Junction, Wrexham, 1966
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Up freight at Croes Newydd Junction, Wrexham, 1966
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 30 Jul 1966
View NE towards Wrexham (General) and Chester, on the ex-GWR Chester - Shrewsbury - Birmingham etc. main line. By 1966 this had become a BR(LMR) line and almost all ex-GWR locomotives had been ousted by LMSR or BR Standard types, such as this Stanier Class 5 4-6-0, No. 45198 (built 10/35, withdrawn 9/67).
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Image Location
Latitude
53.040477
Longitude
-3.007735