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960 - WHL960

Today’s Guy Wulfrunian is the first of the WHL batch of twenty-five which were all delivered in the original red between June and September 1963.

 

With the vast Stourton railway sidings in the background, 960 (WHL960) is wearing the revised red livery and is just about to head up the hill towards the former West Riding tramcar shed on Wood Lane. The road layout was changed beyond all recognition in the mid to late 1960s when the M1 was built and then again when the M1 was extended to Hook Moor resulting in the top section of the motorway being re-numbered to M621

 

British Rail introduced Freightliner block trains in the mid to late 1960s so the sidings would become the container base.

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Uploaded on March 15, 2021