Pontefract Monkhill

National Power 59202 is turning off the Wakefield line at Pontefract Monkhill to head along the spur to Castleford station with a rake of empty coal wagons on 23 June. The line to the extreme right, running behind the eastbound platform, is that formerly serving Prince of Wales Colliery loading point. [Ref query 3757]

Location: Pontefract Monkhill

Original line: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway

Photographer: David Pesterfield

Contact photographer: David Pesterfield

Contact editor

Date: 23/06/1997

Image number: 50810