East Coast Main Line (ECML) in Vale of York, at Alne 1991
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East Coast Main Line (ECML) in Vale of York, at Alne 1991
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 7 Sep 1991
View NW on this famous ex-NER 'racing ground' north of York. The unrecognisable site of Alne station was just behind the camera, but it had been closed to passengers on 5/5/58 and lost its goods traffic since 10/8/64. Until closed from 30/12/57 the curious little independent Easingwold Railway branched off here to the right to Easingwold, with a passenger service until 29/11/48. This stretch of the ECML had been electrified for about a year, but the poles and wires seem barely able to withstand the winds that sweep across here - and quite often don't.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.093197
Longitude
-1.229986