Freight train starting off towards Guide Bridge, 1968
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The photograph on this page of Freight train starting off towards Guide Bridge, 1968 by Robin Webster as part of the Geograph project.
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Freight train starting off towards Guide Bridge, 1968
Image: © Robin Webster Taken: Unknown
A photograph of a long-gone railway connection from a long-gone road - Junction View. In the last year of steam, 45330 and train start away from a signal stop and pass under Audenshaw Road. The bridge also has now gone, a new bridge and junction with a new road is roughly where the camera is. The 1500 V DC electrification is also a thing of the past.
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Image Location
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53.475251
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-2.118081