An Up ECML express approaching Potters Bar, 1948
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An Up ECML express approaching Potters Bar, 1948
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 3 Jul 1948
View northward, just north of Potters Bar station: a very typical Newcastle - King's Cross express rushes past with Gresley A3 Pacific No. 44 'Melton' - not yet renumbered to 60044 as this was only six months into Nationalization; it was built 6/24 as A1 No. 2543, rebuilt to A3 9/47, surviving to 6/63.
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Image Location
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51.698061
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-0.192421