Mailtrain on Bridego Bridge (C) Nick Powell :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

SP9120 : Mailtrain on Bridego Bridge

near to Mentmore, Buckinghamshire, Great Britain

Mailtrain on Bridego Bridge

On 8th August 1963 the Great Train Robbery occurred on this bridge. The swag was dropped from the mailtrain down the embankment and loaded into trucks parked under the arch. Taken (40 years later) from the roadside looking due E.

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2003

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Grid Square: SP9120, 13 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Nick Powell (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph (First for SP9120)
First in 5 Years (TPoint) ^?
Date Taken: August 2003 (more nearby)
Submitted: Monday, 4 April, 2005
Category: Historical item (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: SP 917 209 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:52.7482N 0:40.1551W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: SP 915 209