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Class 20s, Wednesfield Heath, March 1985

English Electric Type 1 Nos. 20034 and 20073 heading 6M72, the 03:15 SX Severn Tunnel Jn. to Cliffe Vale china clay train between Wednesfield Heath and Bushbury on the former Grand Junction Railway colloquially known as 'the old line' on 29th March 1985. [Thanks to David J. Hayes for train identification]

 

Visible in the background are two of the tower blocks which form part of the Heath Town housing estate. It was officially opened in April 1969 by Princess Margaret,

 

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Taken on March 29, 1985