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This is a close-up of the Ransomes & Rapier turntable with an operating load... (more)

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Didcot A closed in March 2013 and is to be demolished after 43 years service.... (more)

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View SE, towards Reading and London; also towards Newbury by the Didcot, Newbury... (more)

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View northwards from Didcot Station, towards Oxford etc. - left: ex-GWR main... (more)

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View eastward, towards Reading and Paddington: ex-GWR main line London - Swindon... (more)

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View SE, towards Didcot station, Reading and London: ex-GWR main lines to... (more)

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The Sustrans, NCN, route 5 follows the closely around the E and N boundary of... (more)

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This view has changed forever with the demolition of Didcot A Power Station.

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Although I like railway preservation sites, I am equally taken by Didcot power... (more)

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View northward across the ex-GWR London - Reading - Swindon etc. main line just... (more)

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There's more to the Didcot Railway Centre than locomotives! This is a... (more)

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814 is a Travelling Post Office vehicle capable of picking up & setting down... (more)

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Frome Mineral Junction signal box (which dates from c1875) was moved to Didcot... (more)

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Didcot Engine Shed (coded DID in GWR days, & 81E by BR) is a standard... (more)

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This view has now changed forever. The Didcot A Power Station has been... (more)

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This is the station at the far end of the demonstration line that runs along one... (more)

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A diesel electric shunter outside the main engine shed at Didcot. This is a... (more)

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This is set up so well you could think it was on a working railway rather than... (more)

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This former motive power depot still retains a strong sense of the industrial - I love it!

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I had hoped to see No. 93 the railmotor in operation but there were insufficient... (more)

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An adjusted shot through the window in the door. The box was locked and the... (more)

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This device allows rolling stock to be moved laterally between different sets of... (more)

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The carriage and wagon department.

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A replica of Brunel's broad gauge (7 0.25") track with bridge rail on... (more)

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An overview from near the entrance. The large power station structures have now... (more)

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This is where the train is caught to go to the opposite end of this preservation... (more)

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A view of some of the railway paraphernalia littering the site with the carriage... (more)

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With its high, open location, Didcot must be one of the coldest stations in the... (more)

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This Collett '8750' class 0-6-0PT, No. 4601 (built 9/41, withdrawn... (more)

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View northward at western end of the Yards at Didcot. A typical scene all over... (more)

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View eastward, towards Reading and Paddington: ex-GWR London - Reading - Swindon... (more)

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View SE, towards Reading and London: ex-GW Main Line. The 17.15 Paddington to... (more)

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5322 had been out of use for many years & in fact will not return to steam... (more)

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This is a 50 ton steam breakdown crane built in 1930 by Cowans Sheldon of... (more)

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A view of the front of the running shed with several engines on display. From... (more)

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The positions are approximate as it was 8 years ago and things may have moved.... (more)

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In the shed with a plethora of tank engines. Unfortunately this was more of an... (more)

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A view from in front of the carriage and wagon shed including the rails of the... (more)

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Seen from the transfer shed that was built to transfer goods from broad gauge to... (more)

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An 1863 wooden transfer shed with broad gauge and bridge rails on the right and... (more)

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In the background a pannier tank is in charge of a short train on the... (more)

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This is the demonstration line that shuttles passengers to the far end of the... (more)

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This was used to transfer goods and passengers from broad gauge on the right to... (more)

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View eastward, towards Reading and Paddington: ex-GWR London - Reading etc. main... (more)

Tags: Didcot   GWR 4-6-0X   GWR Main LineX   top:RailwaysX  

View NW, towards Didcot, Oxford and the North/Swindon and the West: ex-GWR main... (more)

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View eastward, towards Reading and Paddington: ex-GWR Main Line, London -... (more)

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The extension to the Orchard Centre opened in 2018.

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The extension to the Orchard Centre opened in 2018.

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The extension to the Orchard Centre opened in 2018.

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