Up freight on Midland Main Line at Wath Road Junction, 1950
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Up freight on Midland Main Line at Wath Road Junction, 1950
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 28 Apr 1950
View northward, towards Normanton and Leeds to the left after the signalbox, where to the right the Swinton & Knottingley line to York branched off. The locomotive is Hughes/Fowler 4P5F 'Crab' 2-6-0 No. 42795 (built 1927, withdrawn 11/66).
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Image Location
Latitude
53.499229
Longitude
-1.314051