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InterCity Diversion, Ryecroft, Walsall, August 1979

English Electric Type 4 No. 40133 hauls Type AL6 ac electric No. 86258 with the diverted 07:47 Penzance - Liverpool Lime Street on 14th August 1979.

 

The train is taking the then goods-only Ryecroft Junction - Rugeley Trent Valley line owing to the blockage of the normal route via Wolverhampton following a serious derailment at Bushbury Junction the previous day.

 

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Taken on August 14, 1979