1966/xx/xx, 2. WD
1966/xx/xx, 2. WD "Austerity" 2-8-0 No. 90397 in typically filthy condition for the class on the headshunt of the shed yard at Mirfield MPD (56D). Beyond is an unidentified 8F 2-8-0 and a rather nice old departmental carriage. Summer 1966.
23rd October 2007
BR Eastern & North Eastern Regions
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1966/xx/xx, 1. LMS Stanier 8F 2-8-0 No. 48113 is working light engine tenderfirst passing Mirfield MPD, where a fellow 8F (unidentified) is on shed, WD 2-8-0 No. 90397 is pottering about in the yard and another unidentified engine is under the combined water and coaling stage. Some examples of the Previous | Next1966/xx/xx. View of Sheffield Victoria station and the adjacent Royal Victoria Hotel, seen from the approach road with a splendid collection of contemporary cars! The hotel and approach road are still there, the station itself long gone, though there is still a railway presence with just one track through the site to the steel works at Deepcar. Photo by Frank Hopkins, courtesy Nick Burch. Perhaps taken during winter 1966?

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