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From Ged Flannery at 2009-09-27 13:45:31 : Living in the town,I have been to this location hundreds of times.The above scene has now changed out of recognition,there used to be a fuel tanks with two seperate tanks mounted on Steel lattice work,this was located just behind the class 37. Alas this was taken away even before the stabling point closed.The Diesel was pumped up by a portable high outreach pump. Then the rest was left to the force of gravty to fill the Locomotives fuel tanks.This small but very busy facility closed when the MGR traffic became the norm,as the Air Braked Hoppers would go from Pit Head to destinstion without needing to stop at all.The first signs of the change was when class 47/3s like the one in the Photograph started showing up in the yard.I really miss the old lose coupled Vacum braked Coal hoppers.The exhaust the class 37s made when powering through the town on a freezing January night was very impressive.These locomotives could be heard 5 miles or more away from the line,when their exhaust opened and spewed black exhaust and that great sound.