Preserved Duchess Pacific no 46229 'Duchess of Hamilton' steams westwards through Mirfield on 23 October 1982. The former Mirfield shed yard is in the left background and the trackbed of the old Midland branch to Newtown Goods Yard in Huddersfield in the foreground. The locomotive is en route from York to Chester to work the 'Welsh Marches Pullman'. [With thanks to Vic Smith and Eric Imrie]
Location: Mirfield
Original line: Manchester and Leeds Railway
Photographer: Bill Jamieson
Contact photographer: Bill Jamieson
Date: 23/10/1982
Image number: 33861