Rawtenstall Railway Station
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Rawtenstall Railway Station
Image: © Paul Anderson Taken: 26 May 2007
GWR 3440 City of Truro is seen here at Rawtenstall station. Built at the GWR Swindon Works in 1903 it was reputedly the first steam locomotive in Europe to travel in excess of 100 mph reaching a speed of 102.3 mph in May 1904. The building in the background, with the clock tower, is Rawtenstall station which is the northern end of the line of the East Lancashire Railway http://web.archive.org/web/20080318121242/http://east-lancs-rly.co.uk/?p=history&m=43
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Image Location
Latitude
53.698314
Longitude
-2.290915