Down express freight train on the West Coast Main Line at Deepthwaite, 1960
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Down express freight train on the West Coast Main Line at Deepthwaite, 1960
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: Unknown
Headed by unrebuilt 'Patriot' class 4-6-0 45551. This was an express passenger locomotive type, but the advent of diesel traction on the main line meant that they were by this stage being used on mundane duties like this.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.244697
Longitude
-2.746062