Beighton: typical freight train on ex-GCR main line, 1951
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Beighton: typical freight train on ex-GCR main line, 1951
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 23 Jul 1951
View NW, towards Sheffield etc. and Doncaster. The Up class F freight is headed by a typical Class 04 2-8-0 No. 63889 (built 9/19 as ROD No. 2135, acquired 5/27 as LNER No. 6638, renumbered 3889 in 1946, becoming 63889 and surviving until 4/60). This seems a typical scene in the complex of railways, coalmines and industry characterising the North Midlands in much of the 20th century.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.349586
Longitude
-1.33313