1962

SK4836 : Up coal train at Stapleford & Sandiacre

taken 62 years ago, near to Sandiacre, Derbyshire, England

Up coal train at Stapleford & Sandiacre
Up coal train at Stapleford & Sandiacre
View northward, towards Chesterfield etc. on the ex-Midland main Erewash Valley line. (See also SK4836 : Up coal train at Stapleford & Sandiacre Station. The Class J mineral is one of countless coal trains which passed through here for Toton Yard just to the south. The locomotive is Stanier 8F 2-8-0 No. 48185 (built 4/42, withdrawn 2/67). (Of the 663 8Fs, all but about 120 were built during World War Two - at many different Railway Works).

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Geographical Context: Railways other tags: LMS 2-8-0 Erewash Valley Line Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Railway [10] · Erewash Valley Line [9] · South [8] · Toton Yard [4] · View Northward [2] ·
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SK4836, 140 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Ben Brooksbank   (more nearby)
Date Taken
17 May 1962   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 15 January, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 4833 3636 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:55.3493N 1:16.9555W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SK 4833 3636
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NORTH (about 0 degrees)
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