Chalford - Gloucester auto-train at... (C) Ben Brooksbank

SO8405 : Chalford - Gloucester auto-train at Stroud

taken 57 years ago, near to Stroud, Gloucestershire, Great Britain

Chalford - Gloucester auto-train at Stroud

This is one of the popular Golden Valley auto-trains (see SO8009 : Gloucester - Chalford auto-train near Haresfield). The locomotive, Collett 0-4-2T No. 1424 (built 11/33 as No. 4824, renumbered 11/46, withdrawn 12/63), is pushing - manned only by the fireman.

Auto train

An 'auto' aka 'motor' train, or 'push-and-pull' train ran with cable connections from the driver's special compartment with window at the other end of the train (usually one coach), so that when in pushing mode the driver controlled the locomotive remotely, only the fireman staying on the footplate.
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Grid Square: SO8405, 286 images (more nearby )
Photographer: Ben Brooksbank (find more nearby)
Date Taken: 24 February 1962 (more nearby)
Submitted: Thursday, 8 September, 2011
Geographical Context: Railways
Subject Location: OSGB36: SO 8495 0510 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:44.6637N 2:13.1629W
Camera Location: OSGB36: SO 8495 0510
View Direction: Northwest (about 315 degrees)