2015

SU5885 : Along the Gantries

taken 8 years ago, near to Cholsey, Oxfordshire, England

Along the Gantries
Along the Gantries
View along the gantries on the fast line near Cholsey Station, if you look you can see some of them have the connections to take the power cables for the electric trains
Great Western Main Line Electrification

Network Rail is modernising the Great Western Main Line at the cost of 5 billion pounds. The work started in 2010 and is due to finish in 2017. It will entail the replacement of the ageing rolling stock with new electric trains. The section between Reading & Didcot is due to be used as the test line when it is finished.
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Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Village, Rural settlement Railways Construction, Development other tags: Railway Electrification Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Articles: · GWR Electrification at Cholsey Automatic Clusters: · Near the Station [54] · Gantries at Cholsey [43] · Cholsey Looking [39] · Fast Line [18] · Power [12] · Connected [6] ·
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SU5885, 344 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Bill Nicholls   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 27 December, 2015   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 21 January, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SU 5858 8585 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:34.1093N 1:9.3725W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SU 5845 8598
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Southeast (about 135 degrees)
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