Down ECML express approaching Hitchin, 1951
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Down ECML express approaching Hitchin, 1951
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 8 Sep 1951
View SE near Hitchin South Box. The locomotive is one of the original Gresley A1s, built 9/23 as No. 1481, becoming LNER No. 4481 'St Simon', renumbered No. 112 in 1946 and rebuilt as Class A3 in 8/46, then as BR No. 60112 survived until 12/64.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.947928
Longitude
-0.256601