1955

SD9424 : Westbound coal train at Hall Royd Junction, Todmorden

taken 69 years ago, near to Todmorden, Calderdale, England

Westbound coal train at Hall Royd Junction, Todmorden
Westbound coal train at Hall Royd Junction, Todmorden
View eastward on a wet day, towards Sowerby Bridge, Wakefiled etc.: ex-L&Y Calder Valley main line. The Class J coal train has emerged from Horsfall Tunnel and is turning onto the line to Burnley, passing a BR Standard 4MT 4-6-0. At its head is a typical LMS Fowler 7F 0-8-0, No. 49566 (built 1929, withdrawn 9/57). The lines on the right go to Todmorden, Rochdale and Manchester.

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SD9424, 231 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Ben Brooksbank   (more nearby)
Date Taken
25 March 1955   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 30 January, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 943 244 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:42.9913N 2:5.2526W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 943 244
View Direction
East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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