Train loading ballast at Shap Quarry
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Train loading ballast at Shap Quarry
Image: © Don Burgess Taken: 3 May 2006
There is a daily train from here to Carlisle from where the stone will be used on track refurbishment.
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Image Location
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54.494377
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-2.667077