Drifting down to Hooton ? 1966
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Drifting down to Hooton ? 1966
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 29 Sep 1966
Ex LMS Hughes-Fowler 'Crab' 2-6-0 42765 at the head of a train of oil tankers from Stanlow refinery is about to pass a diesel multiple unit train on the Hooton to Helsby service. This locomotive has survived into preservation and has been restored in LMS crimson lake livery, currently on the East Lancs Railway (2021) https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4148874
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Image Location
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53.286787
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-2.963871
