1985

SD4178 : A train entering Grange-over-Sands station

taken 39 years ago, near to Grange-Over-Sands, Cumbria, England

A train entering Grange-over-Sands station
A train entering Grange-over-Sands station
A pair of two-car diesel multiple units of class 108 forming the long-distance (but slow) Cumbrian Coast service from Preston to Carlisle via Barrow, seen here entering Grange-over-Sands.
Grange-over-Sands railway station

The first station in Grange was opened in 1857 by the Ulverston and Lancaster Railway. The present station was built c.1877 by architect Edward Graham Paley for the Furness Railway, which later became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway. It was restored in 1998 and is listed grade 2 (list entry number 1269659). [Information from a plaque on the station and the list description].


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Geographical Context: Railways Place: Grange-Over-Sands Category: Railway station other tags: Railway Station Platform Diesel Multiple Unit Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Train at Grange-over-Sands [18] · Service [10] · Class [7] · Cumbrian Coast [5] Other Photos: · Westbound train at Grange-over-Sands ·
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SD4178, 261 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Stephen Craven   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 27 May, 1985   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 20 February, 2010
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 412 781 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:11.7382N 2:54.1187W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SD 412 781
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East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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