West Yorkshire scrap metal - a photo on Flickriver

            56070 passes Knottingley in West Yorkshire with another train of power station coal for either Eggborough or Drax power stations. Back in 1987, over 150,000 tonnes of coal were burned each day at the three Aire valley power stations (Ferrybridge being the third).

Arriving into the station is 142077, which had recently arrived from Leeds and was reversing before heading back to the city. This service was part funded by West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive, but since Knottingley was on the edge if the county, this was as far as the funding (are therefore the service) stretched. The railway beyond towards Goole was, and in 2021 still is almost freight only, with a very limited passenger service.

Taken on: September 16, 1987

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