Coal train at Alloa, 1965
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The photograph on this page of Coal train at Alloa, 1965 by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.
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Coal train at Alloa, 1965
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: Unknown
Standard Class 4 2-6-0 75110 has picked up a train from the marshalling yard http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6159311 and is proceeding east through the station. The bay platforms of the station are a reminder of the branch lines to Alva and Larbert which had already closed for passengers. Alloa would lose its passenger service in 1968. The site of the station is now occupied by a leisure centre, with just a single track remaining on the far right hand side of the picture. When a passenger service to Stirling was reinstated in 2008 a new station was built to the east.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.117611
Longitude
-3.792943