Image 47500, general view, Carnforth WCR
47500, general view, Carnforth WCR
47500, general view, Carnforth WCR A wide-angled view of the former Steamtown yard now owned and operated by West Coast Railways at Carnforth. The scene is dominated by the huge mechanical coaling stage and the smaller ash plant behind. Both of these concrete structures are listed by Historic England so their future is assured. In the foreground sandwiched between various stock is the fire-damaged 47500. Unlike the coaling stage and ash plant, which are Grade 2 listed, I suspect that the Class 47 has a bleak future and a meeting with the scrap man! Keywords: 47500 Carnforth WCR West Coast Railways
47500, general view, Carnforth WCR A wide-angled view of the former Steamtown yard now owned and operated by West Coast Railways at Carnforth. The scene is dominated by the huge mechanical coaling stage and the smaller ash plant behind. Both of these concrete structures are listed by Historic England so their future is assured. In the foreground sandwiched between various stock is the fire-damaged 47500. Unlike the coaling stage and ash plant, which are Grade 2 listed, I suspect that the Class 47 has a bleak future and a meeting with the scrap man! Keywords: 47500 Carnforth WCR West Coast Railways


A wide-angled view of the former Steamtown yard now owned

and operated by West Coast Railways at Carnforth. The scene is dominated by the huge mechanical coaling stage and the smaller ash plant behind. Both of these concrete structures are listed by Historic England so their future is assured. In the foreground sandwiched between various stock is the fire-damaged 47500. Unlike the coaling stage and ash plant, which are Grade 2 listed, I suspect that the Class 47 has a bleak future and a meeting with the scrap man!