Ballast train regaining the main line at Sandbach
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The photograph on this page of Ballast train regaining the main line at Sandbach by Stephen Craven as part of the Geograph project.
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Ballast train regaining the main line at Sandbach
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 27 May 2017
Freight trains usually use the slow lines between Crewe and Sandbach, beyond which the route to Manchester is double rather than quadruple tracked. This ballast train headed by Freightliner loco number 66613 had been held in platform 3 at Sandbach for a passenger train to pass, but was now about to rejoin the down main line.
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Image Location
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