1961

SO8110 : Down WR freight passing Haresfield

taken 63 years ago, near to Haresfield, Gloucestershire, England

Down WR freight passing Haresfield
Down WR freight passing Haresfield
View northward, towards Gloucester etc.: ex-GW main line from Swindon etc. (also Bristol) to Gloucester, South Wales, Cheltenham and Birmingham, paralleling the ex- Midland Bristol - Birmingham main line. (See various other images here). An important Class D freight has been fitted in between all the Summer Saturday holiday traffic, headed by Churchward 2800 class 2-8-0 No. 2855 (built 2/1913, withdrawn 12/62).

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Geographical Context: Railways other tags: GW 2-8-0 Birmingham - Bristol Main Line Gloucester Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Bristol main Line [18] · Cheltenham and Birmingham [7] ·
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SO8110, 76 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Ben Brooksbank   (more nearby)
Date Taken
29 July 1961   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 2 May, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SO 8133 1020 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:47.4084N 2:16.3253W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SO 8133 1020
View Direction
NORTH (about 0 degrees)
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