Up ECML coal train at Woolmer Green Box,... (C) Ben Brooksbank

TL2517 : Up ECML coal train at Woolmer Green Box, near Knebworth

taken 67 years ago, near to Oaklands, Hertfordshire, Great Britain

Up ECML coal train at Woolmer Green Box, near Knebworth

View northward, towards Hitchin and the North: ex-GN ECML. One of the countless coal trains up from New England Yards at Peterborough is being threaded through the Woolmer Green - Welwyn North two-track bottle-neck. The locomotive is headed by ex-WD 'Austerity' 2-8-0 No. 90288. This engine was built in 12/43 and loaned to the LNER at Tyne Dock, moving to the GWR at Ebbw Junction in 1/44 until sent to the Continent in 2/45: it was returned in 1947, being allocated to March LNE in 12/47; under BR it became No. 90288, working from New England and lasted until 12/62.

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Grid Square: TL2517, 10 images (more nearby )
Photographer: Ben Brooksbank (find more nearby)
Date Taken: 2 June 1951 (more nearby)
Submitted: Tuesday, 10 January, 2012
Geographical Context: Railways
Subject Location: OSGB36: TL 2528 1771 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:50.6367N 0:10.9685W
Camera Location: OSGB36: TL 2528 1771
View Direction: North-northeast (about 22 degrees)