Orgreave Colliery platform
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orgreave-colliery-platform-319-3888247
title:
Orgreave Colliery platform
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Orgreave Colliery platform was a workman's halt built to serve the miners working at Orgreave Colliery in South Yorkshire, England. These workmen's trains or "Paddy Mails" were operated between Sheffield Victoria and Treeton Colliery at shift change times being hauled along the main line to Orgreaves Colliery Sidings where the main line locomotive was exchanged for one belonging to the colliery company, usually "Rothervale No.6" which was fitted with vacuum brakes. The platform was situated almo
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Workman's Halt in South Yorkshire, England
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgreave_Colliery_platform
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2021-11-13T22:44:07Z
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