Wakefield Kirkgate
Freightliner 47301 powers along the bi-directional through line at Wakefield Kirkgate in September 1997 with a well loaded Intermodal working heading west to Crewe. Leyland Pacer 142072 stands at platform 2 on a terminating service from Sheffield. The class 47, the former D1782, only lasted in service a further three years, being cut up at Crewe Basford Hall Yard in Apr 2001. The Pacer lasted far longer, being later transferred to South Wales to work the valley line services, before withdrawal in 2020; and was scrapped at Sims Metals in Newport in January 2021.
Location: Wakefield Kirkgate
Original line: Manchester and Leeds Railway
Photographer: David Pesterfield
Contact photographer: David Pesterfield
Date: 29/09/1997
Image number: 50956
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