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44874 @ Courtaulds Friday 2 August 1968 - The very last steam-hauled train up the branch.

44874 is pictured here at Courtaulds on 2nd August 1968. This was the very last steam loco to traverse the branch, which was closed beyond Skeffington Road in Preston, very shortly after this date.

A class 40 with a parcel train runs into platform 9_ Note the tracks running round the back of the platform giving acess to the.jpg HCC74174 - Preston EL 42434 - 16-9-1950_800.jpg 44874 @ Courtaulds Friday 2 August 1968_c.jpg 61001.jpg 4491140preston.jpg
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