2009
SU3668 : Canal and railway
taken 15 years ago, near to Avington, West Berkshire, England
Canal and railway
This is a winding hole on the canal, a place where boats longer than the width of the canal can be turned. It is pronounced "winding" as in the wind that blows, as unpowered boats would have used a favourable wind to assist their turn.
The railway, the Berks and Hants line, closely follows the canal from Pewsey to Reading. Here a Foster Yeoman stone train is passing, on a turn from the Mendip quarries to Acton. It is hauled by a class 59 locomotive, one of eight shared by ARC and Foster Yeoman who operate the quarries.
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