1953

TQ2584 : Finchley Road (Midland) with Down stopping train

taken 71 years ago, near to Hampstead, Camden, England

Finchley Road (Midland) with Down stopping train
Finchley Road (Midland) with Down stopping train
View eastward from the path beside the North London Line between Finchley Road & Frognal and West End Lane stations, where the NLR crosses the Midland Main Line out of St Pancras. All lines are emerging from tunnels (Hampstead Tunnel on the NLR off to the left, Belsize Tunnel on the Midland ahead; also off to the right the tunnels of the LT Metropolitan lines from Baker Street at Finchley Road (LT) and beyond it the ex-GC line from Marylebone. Immediately underneath me on the Down Fast line, Stanier 'Jubilee' 6P 4-6-0 No. 45648 'Wemyss' is coming out on a stopping train from St Pancras, passing the remains of Finchley Road Midland station (closed 11/7/27) and heading for Bedford. On the left an empty stock train heading for St Pancras is about to join the Up Fast line into the tunnel. On the right are the Goods lines, using their own tunnel. Then on the right are the goods yards of the Midland and Metropolitan (also a Cadbury's warehouse), then out of frame are the four LT tracks and finally the two LNER (ex-GC) tracks. It was a wonderful spot for the Train-Watcher.

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TQ2584, 487 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Ben Brooksbank   (more nearby)
Date Taken
28 February 1953   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 19 December, 2011
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 2574 8481 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:32.8909N 0:11.2790W
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OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 2574 8481
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EAST (about 90 degrees)
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