L2355 - Navvies and contractor's line at a site near the Great Central's London coal depot

L2355 - Navvies and contractor's line at a site near the Great Central's London coal depot
L2355 - Navvies and contractor's line at a site near the Great Central's London coal depot
L2355 - Navvies and contractor's line at a site near the Great Central's London coal depot
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Title
L2355 - Navvies and contractor's line at a site near the Great Central's London coal depot
Description
L2355 - A line of roughly laid contractor's railway runs between two retaining walls in a shallow cutting close to the Great Central's London coal depot. Given the crudity of these tracks, and the intensive use they were subjected to, it is perhaps surprising that more accidents and derailments did not occur during the Line's construction. To the left of the picture, two laden mineral wagons sit on temporary rails that have been better laid and maintained.



British Railways - S. W. A. Newton Collection






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Maker
S.W.A. Newton
LCC ID. No.
L2355.tif
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Notes
IM&ICT - RC
Original media type: Glass plate negative
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