View from locomotive cab on approach to Cockermouth station, 1953
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View from locomotive cab on approach to Cockermouth station, 1953
Image: © Walter Dendy, deceased Taken: 24 Mar 1953
View eastward, towards Keswick and Penrith on a train from Workington to Penrith on the ex-LNWR line, closed from 18/4/66. The locomotive is LMS Ivatt 2MT 2-6-0 No. 46491 (built 12/51, withdrawn 5/67); approaching on a westbound train is another of the same class.
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