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Coal trains were the mainstay of the freight traffic passing through Woodlesford. Water Haigh colliery and pits from further down the line supplied coal to Skelton Grange power station via the sidings at Waterloo. Here Jubilee class 45645, Collingwood, passes through on the Up Line with a train of empties. Photo David Holmes. 
 
 
Fowler 0-6-0, 44044, passes through running tender first with another train of 16 ton empty coal wagons in November 1960 before the track and platforms were raised due to mining subsidence. Photo Neville Stead.