42713 1950-04-27 Mirfield
Westbound mineral (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 Hughes/Fowler 4P5F 2-6-0 No. 42713 (built 1927 as No. 13013, withdrawn 11/62) is westbound towards Manchester, passing an eastbound empties including a Cleeves & Co PO wagon. The leading brake van is a LNWR 'Crystal Palace' brake.