As 40069 headed round the corner, 56026 appeared from the south with another train of MGR wagons no doubt heading off to some local coal mine before the Conservative Government allowed Ian MacGregor to close it down. Duffield's sawmill, located just north of the station can be seen in the distance on the right, it has no been replaced by the somewhat inevitable housing estate. 56026 was one of the last members of the class to be built by Electroputere in Craiova, Romania. It was just over two years old when this picture was taken and survived in service until July 1996 giving it a working life of a mere nineteen years.
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