Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Up mineral at Barrow-on-Soar. View NW, towards Trent, Derby/Nottingham etc.: ex-Midland Main Line from St Pancras. BR 9F 2-10-0 No. 92134 (built 6/57, withdrawn 12/66 and preserved). [Currently active on the North York Moors Railway] The loco is one of numerous heavy freight locomotives - the 2-10-0s having a short life, allocated to Wellingborough and engaged on the heavy coal traffic up this main line. It is passing Barrow-on-Soar station (later rebuilt further south) on the Up Goods line.

 


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