2016

ST8993 : Goods Shed, Tetbury branch, GWR

taken 8 years ago, near to Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England

Goods Shed, Tetbury branch, GWR
Goods Shed, Tetbury branch, GWR
The classic GWR standard goods shed, built in their hundreds all over the system. This fine example at Tetbury, dating from 1889, was in use until 1st July 1965, when the line finally closed for goods as far as the terminus. The passenger service had ended on 4th April 1964. You will read elsewhere that 'no trace of the station remains', but if you have a treasured copy of Paul Karau's Great Western Branch Line Termini of 1977 as I do, you can trace the outlines of all of the buildings. You can even go so far as to make accurate scale models of all of them, using the author's superb scale drawings. As I write, the large cattle dock which adjoins the shed is being rebuilt, using reclaimed materials.

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This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Buildings in Tetbury [59] · Station Tetbury [34] · Close Tetbury [27] · Tetbury Branch [24] · Goods Shed [18] ·
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ST8993, 570 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Philip Pankhurst   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 3 February, 2016   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 4 February, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! ST 8932 9323 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:38.2663N 2:9.3432W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! ST 8932 9325
View Direction
South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
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