1959

SJ3250 : Up local coal train at Wrexham General station

taken 65 years ago, near to Wrexham/Wrecsam, Wales

Up local coal train at Wrexham General station
Up local coal train at Wrexham General station
View northward, towards Chester; ex-GW Birmingham etc. - Shrewsbury - Chester main line. On the left is the ex-GC/LNE line at Wrexham Exchange (off picture) on the line from Seacombe, Bidston and Chester (Northgate) to Wrexham Central. The Class K coal train is probably running from Gresford Colliery to Croes Newydd Yard. The locomotive is Churchward 43XX 2-6-0 No. 6316 (built 1/21, withdrawn 7/62).

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SJ3250, 277 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Ben Brooksbank   (more nearby)
Date Taken
11 June 1959   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 28 July, 2011
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 3294 5077 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:2.9979N 3:0.1104W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 3294 5077
View Direction
North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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