63941 1962-04-12 Grimsby West Marsh Junction
Working a rake of empty iron ore tipplers preparing to go down the East Line back to Louth and then onwards to High Dyke for loading on the empty iron ore tipplers preparing to go down the East Line back to High Dyke for loading on the “Stainby Branch” from Colsterworth.
Imported Iron Ore did not start coming in at Immingham Docks until 1969
from various parts of the world so that meant the cessation of British iron ore mining. The ore from Immingham went to Scunthorpe, first with pairs of 31s and then with pairs of 37s, followed by Class 60s and now 66s.