69434 1950s Dewsbury
GNR class N1 0-6-2T No 69434 climbing away from Dewsbury Central towards Wakefield and is about to enter the 179yd. Earlsheaton Tunnel. ’N1s’ still handled most of the ‘local’ passenger traffic in the 1950s. This ex-GNR route ran from Bradford Exchange to Wakefield Westgate via Batley, Dewsbury and Ossett and closed in September 1964. Photo Kenneth Field/Rail Archive Stephenson