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Ryecroft Junction, Walsall, August 1979

47449 with 86252 in tow and the diverted 09:42 Poole - Manchester Piccadilly on 14th August 1979. The train is about to take 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