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SO6604 : Birmingham - Cardiff express running under the Severn & Wye line by Severn Bridge station

near to Purton, Gloucestershire, Great Britain

Birmingham - Cardiff express running under the Severn & Wye line by Severn Bridge station

View NE, towards Gloucester; ex-GWR Gloucester etc. - South Wales main line, passing under the Severn & Wye (GW&LMS) Joint line, Lydney - Sharpness - Berkeley Road. Severn Bridge station is up on the left, the Severn Bridge itself being to the right. The Severn Bridge and the line between Lydney and Sharpness were closed abruptly after a colliding barge took out one of the central piers and two spans in the night of 25-26/10/60. Subsequently the line remained open Berkeley Road - Sharpness until 2/11/64 (goods 3/1/66). The express is headed by 4-6-0 No. 4953 'Pitchford Hall' in nice clean condition. This 'Hall' was built in 8/29 and withdrawn in 5/63, but was saved from scrapping: it was acquired by the Pitchford Hall Locomotive Society, restored to working order at Tyseley Works and is currently (2011) kept on the Great Central Railway at Loughborough.

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1951

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Grid Square: SO6604, 10 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Ben Brooksbank (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph (Third Visitor for SO6604)
First in 5 Years (TPoint) ^?
Date Taken: 9 August 1951 (more nearby)
Submitted: Tuesday, 21 June, 2011
Geographical Context: Railways
Category: Railway line with train (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: SO 6690 0417 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:44.1153N 2:28.8430W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: SO 6690 0417
View Direction: Northeast (about 45 degrees)