Down empty stock train at Wath Road Junction, 1963
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Down empty stock train at Wath Road Junction, 1963
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 23 Aug 1963
View SE beside the ex-Midland Sheffield - Leeds main line, just before the Swinton & Knottingley line to York branched off. The train is headed by Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 No. 45404 (built 8/37, withdrawn 5/67). This is close to where the ex-GCR Barnsley - Doncaster line ran underneath.
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