The "Pig Station", Northallerton
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The "Pig Station", Northallerton
Image: © Bob Embleton Taken: 19 Jun 2007
Looking over the main east coast railway line to an unused platform above the site of Northallerton's second and smaller cattle mart. When I used to go trainspotting here, forty years ago, we were told it was called the "Pig Station". In the distance All Saints Church can just be seen.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.334781
Longitude
-1.441865