Few places more graphically illustrate the difference between the modern railway and its steam-age predecessor than Normanton, which lies between Wakefield and Castleford, in West Yorkshire. On July 2,1966 - the year before the end of steam on the North Eastern Region of British Railways - Stanier 'Black Five' No. 4S080 heads south with an up freight. Normanton shed, seen in all its sun-bathed glory in the background, still had an allocation of 21 locomotives in the mid-1960s and the nearby station (not in view) had in earlier years been an important stopping point for Anglo-Scottish expresses to let passengers take a meal in the station restaurant. In addition to 'cenotaph'. In the far left distance, colliery winding gear can be discerned.
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