Woodhead Electric Railtour

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Deepol
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Woodhead Electric Railtour

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Some memorabilia of this farewell tour run by the SLS and the MLS in November 1969 on which I was lucky enough to travel.
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The train at Sheffield Victoria.
The train at Sheffield Victoria.
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Re: Woodhead Electric Railtour

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Interesting that it's an EM1 and not an EM2
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Were the EM2s not out of service by then. Remember some sort of discussion about that at the time.
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Probably in Holland.
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Full details of this tour on 29th November 1969 at http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/
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