1981

SP3378 : A midsummer evening at Coventry station

taken 43 years ago, near to Coventry, England

A midsummer evening at Coventry station
A midsummer evening at Coventry station
The 18.40 service from Euston to Wolverhampton enters Coventry station in bright evening sunlight on the "longest day". The locomotive is 86210 "City of Edinburgh".
Coventry Station

Coventry railway station is the main railway station on the Birmingham loop of the West Coast Main Line (WCML), and is at the centre of a junction where the lines to Nuneaton, and to Leamington converge. The station was built in 1838 and rebuilt in 1960.
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Geographical Context: Railways Place: Coventry Category: Railway locomotives (electric) other tags: Electric Train Summer Solstice Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Groupings: · Same view different time (& same view same day) Automatic Clusters: · Coventry [933] · Station [253] · City [228] ·
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SP3378, 1565 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Stephen Craven   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 21 June, 1981   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 16 February, 2010
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SP 332 781 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:24.0162N 1:30.7815W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SP 332 781
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East-southeast (about 112 degrees)
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