1959

ST6244 : Northbound Somerset & Dorset train climbing up from Shepton Mallet at Windsor Hill

taken 63 years ago, near to Shepton Mallet, Somerset, Great Britain

Northbound Somerset & Dorset train climbing up from Shepton Mallet at Windsor Hill
Northbound Somerset & Dorset train climbing up from Shepton Mallet at Windsor Hill
View SE, towards Shepton Mallet, Templecombe and Bournemouth; S&D line, Bath - Templecombe - Bournemouth West. This stretch was a hell of a climb, about 8 miles at 1-in-50 from Evercreech Junction (with a short break at Shepton Mallet) to the Mendips summit at Masbury; the southbound climb from Radstock was almost as tough. The train is the 12.00 stopping-train from Templecombe to Bath (Green Park), by then with modern motive-power, BR Standard 4MT 4-6-0 No. 75071.

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Category: Railway and train
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Northbound [2] Other Photos: · Somerset & Dorset train near Shoscombe & Single Hill Halt · Masbury Station, with Up express · Up return holiday express on the S&D near Shepton Mallet ·
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ST6244, 21 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Ben Brooksbank   (more nearby)
Date Taken
22 August 1959   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 19 October, 2010
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! ST 620 443 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:11.7988N 2:32.6871W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! ST 619 443
View Direction
Southeast (about 135 degrees)
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Image classification(about): Geograph · First in 5 Years (TPoint) (about)
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