Mexborough Locomotive Depot, 1949
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Mexborough Locomotive Depot, 1949
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 10 Apr 1949
Atmospheric eastward view in the yard to the 12-road Shed on a Sunday. This great Depot, serving Wath Yard and the enormous coal traffic of the South Yorkshire District had an allocation of 121 locomotives in 1950, 2-8-0's predominating.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.490031
Longitude
-1.2934