Direct rail Services class 37 diesel locomotive 37259 passing Melkridge on the Tyne valley line with a water cannon railhead treatment train

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12/10/2014 Melkridge (east of Haltwhistle, site of former opencast loading bunker) Direct Rail Services class 37 locomotives37259 + 37612 working train 3S77 the 1103 Carlisle Kingmoor - Carlisle Kingmoor via Durham railhead treatment train. This train uses a high pressure water jet to wash the slippery residue left by autumn leaves from the rail head

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Size: 5616px × 3744px
Location: Whitchester Farm, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, UK
Photo credit: © Robert Lancaster / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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