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From the archive: Inside Healey Mills marshalling yard in 1963
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In September 1963, The Railway Magazine took a detailed look at Healey Mills, the new marshalling yard four miles west of Wakefield on the Calder Valley route to Manchester. The article described a yard capable of handling 4,000 wagons a day, with 120 sidings totalling 57 miles of track. HEALEY MILLS, four miles west of…
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Peak Rail prepares for action-packed Mixed Traffic Gala
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Peak Rail will stage its Mixed Traffic Gala over the weekend of September 19-20, bringing together steam and diesel traction for two days of intensive heritage railway action. The Derbyshire heritage line says the event will feature locomotives from its home fleet alongside a special visiting engine, with passenger and freight trains running throughout the…
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