Down goods train between Newnham and ... © Ben Brooksbank

SO6908 : Down goods train between Newnham and Awre, with an odd locomotive

taken 70 years ago, near to Awre, Gloucestershire, Great Britain

Down goods train between Newnham and Awre, with an odd locomotive

View northward, towards Newnham, Gloucester etc.; ex-GWR Swindon etc. - Gloucester - South Wales main line. The Controllers must have been vexed by shortage of engines for freight, for this is one of the modern (1936) hybrid edition of 19th century express 4-4-0's, rebuilds of 'Dukes' and 'Bulldogs'. No. 9008 was built in 2/37 as No. 3208 'Earl Bathurst', from Duke No. 3285 and Bulldog No. 3403; it lost its name after a few months, was given its present number in 7/46 and withdrawn 7/57. These 'Dukedogs' used to be 'modern' express locomotives in the 1940s and 1950s on the ex-Cambrian main lines.

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Grid Square: SO6908, 12 images (more nearby )
Photographer: Ben Brooksbank (find more nearby)
Date Taken: 9 August 1951 (more nearby)
Submitted: Tuesday, 19 July, 2011
Geographical Context: Railways
Category: Railway line with train (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: SO 6945 0858 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:46.5030N 2:26.6509W
Camera Location: OSGB36: SO 6945 0858
View Direction: NORTH (about 0 degrees)