Heaton Moor: a southbound electric train

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Heaton Moor: a southbound electric train by John Sutton as part of the Geograph project.

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Heaton Moor: a southbound electric train

Image: © John Sutton Taken: 6 Jun 1964

This is not a very good photograph, but it may be of interest in showing the early days of 25 kV electric services on the West Coast Main Line. It was nearly another two years before through services from Manchester to London Euston began. The stylish blue AL1 Class locomotives were certainly of interest to 15-year-old trainspotters like me and I sneaked out of my uncle's house on Tatton Road South (on his wedding day) for this picture, pressing the shutter too soon as I always did when photographing moving trains. Left to right on the other side of the railway are houses on Lawton Road, Wingate Road and Brantwood Road.

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.422686
Longitude
-2.176321