Up freight entering Derby station, 1957
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Up freight entering Derby station, 1957
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 14 Jun 1957
View northward from the platform ends, with Derby Station North signalbox on the left, Derby Goods box on the right. Very smart ex-Works Stanier 8F 2-8-0 No. 48188 (built 1943, withdrawn 5/66) heads the train, taking the Goods line passing the Station on the east side. Note the great display of semaphore signals.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.925166
Longitude
-1.467145