Redbank Vans
45137 passed Diggle with 4M19, the diverted 09:40 Newcastle to Redbank empty vans, on the morning of 17 April 1987, a train normally routed via Hebden Bridge. These were the return empties of one or more overnight newspaper trains from Manchester to Newcastle, a type of traffic that had been carried by rail for over 100 years but would come to an abrupt end a year later. The loco didn't last that long, being withdrawn two months after the photo was taken.( Thanks to Thane o Fife on Freightmaster for providing details of the working )
PHOTO DATA FOR IMAGE 87-022-10
camera : Mamiya 645 1000s
lens : 150mm f/3.5
focal length : 150 (100mm 35mm eq)
shutter : 1/500 sec
aperture : f/6.3
ISO : 100 ISO
original : 645 Agfa 100RS
camera on pole : No
SUBJECT DATA
Loco : 45.137
Train : Heaton - Redbank Vans
Location : Diggle
Line : 039 Stalybridge - Standedge Tunnel
Country : United Kingdom
Date & Time : 17/04/1987 11:10
