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Woodhead Route

Travelling over the freight only Woodhead route at 1505hrs between Crowden and Torside level crossing, on a Sunday diversion away from the Hope Valley route, is a Hull Botanic Gardens (BG) based 1960 Swindon built class 123 Trans Pennine dmu with a Hull Paragon-Manchester Piccadilly service.

This line closed as a through route just after 5am on the 18th July 1981 after the passage of 6M10 Harwich-Trafford Park Speedlink hauled by 76006 and 76014.

 

25th January 1981

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Uploaded on December 3, 2018
Taken on January 25, 1981