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A golden era of British railway operating or outdated working

practices wherever you look? Whichever is the answer there’s no denying that this scene shot at the north end of Leicester station in high summer 1973 contains, from left to right, a thriving business utilising many four-wheeled box vans, bracket signals aplenty, a superb example of a manual signalbox and wagonload freight in goods terminal sidings exemplified by the single tank-wagon. However, we must not ignore the immaculate Peak Class 45 heading 1M13 the 08 10 Sheffield to St Pancras Inter City into the station before making a dash for London 99 miles away.