1950

SE2019 : Westbound coal train at Mirfield

taken 74 years ago, near to Mirfield, Kirklees, England

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Westbound coal train at Mirfield
Westbound coal train at Mirfield
View eastward, towards Thornhill, Wakefield etc.: Calder Valley main line (ex-L&Y and LNW) four-track section with special signalling - see other scenes at Mirfield. Hughes/Fowler 4P5F 2-6-0 No. 42713 (built 1927 as No. 13013, withdrawn 11/62) is westbound towards Manchester, passing an eastbound empties.

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SE2019, 439 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Ben Brooksbank   (more nearby)
Date Taken
27 April 1950   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 22 January, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SE 2027 1951 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:40.3005N 1:41.6797W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SE 2025 1952
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EAST (about 90 degrees)
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