Widnes railway goods yard ? 1967
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Widnes railway goods yard ? 1967
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 22 Feb 1967
The train in the centre is standing on the original Garston and Warrington Railway (later LNWR) route, with shunting yards on either side. Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0 waits for departure with a classic mixed freight. To the left Stanier Black 5 44837 climbs the ramp of the Deviation line, opened by the LNWR in 1869 to avoid the complex junctions on the old line, and providing a new station slightly closer to the town centre. See also http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6746633
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Image Location
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53.357159
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-2.738729