1963
SU5290 : Eastward view from Didcot Station on the ex-GWR main line, with Pannier tank on a local goods train
taken 61 years ago, near to Didcot, Oxfordshire, England
Eastward view from Didcot Station on the ex-GWR main line, with Pannier tank on a local goods train
View SE, towards Reading and London; also towards Newbury by the Didcot, Newbury & Southampton line coming in on the far right. Framed by the gasometer is Didcot East Junction Box, where the main line to Oxford etc. - avoiding Didcot station and visible on the left - joins the main line from Swindon etc. The goods train is on the Down Slow line, headed by Collett '8750' class 0-6-0PT No. 3751 (built 11/37, withdrawn 9/65).
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