|
<previous
image
West of Pontefract Monkhill
next
image>
This
view was taken from in front of Pontefract West signal box looking back
towards the station. A heavy coal train heads west from the goods loop
behind the down platform. The locomotive is a War Department 2-8-0 (No
90370) which became commonplace in the 1950’s and is probably heading
for Crofton Hall sidings. On the left the local pilot engine No 46415 is
bringing coal from the Prince of Wales Colliery and is waiting for
clearance. There were still many thousands of wooden-bodied coal wagons
in use at the time and some with the names of private collieries still
visible: the one on the left shows the name of Ocean Colliery (Glamorgan).
Peter Cookson Peter Cookson Railway
Photography
|
|||||
|
|
|||||
|
All correspondence should be addressed to: |
|||||
