Shunter in Bescot yard
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Shunter in Bescot yard
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 17 Nov 2008
Once one of the largest marshalling yards in England, Bescot seems to have retained more traffic than many other such locations as "wagonload" rail freight has largely given way to container trains. Here a venerable diesel shunter (08907, dating from the 1950s) is seen outside the depot.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.562282
Longitude
-1.990958