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Turning now through a right angle to the left, this is the view towards the Skinner Lane level crossing with the Prince of Wales colliery as a backdrop. The pit heap in the distance at Glasshoughton can just be made out between the signal and the signal box. The subject of the picture is not a passenger train but simply a workmen’s coach being shunted by the Pontefract pilot locomotive, No 46413, an Ivatt Class 2MT 2-6-0.  Peter Cookson

Peter Cookson Railway Photography
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