Ravenglass & Eskdale train at Irton Road, 1951
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The photograph on this page of Ravenglass & Eskdale train at Irton Road, 1951 by Walter Dendy, deceased as part of the Geograph project.
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Ravenglass & Eskdale train at Irton Road, 1951
Image: © Walter Dendy, deceased Taken: 5 Aug 1951
View eastward towards the terminus at Dalegarth, with a crowded train - admired by young and old - running down to Ravenglass, headed by 0-8-2 steam locomotive No. 3 'River Irt' (built 1894, acquired 1917). (Cf. Image, taken a week later).
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