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
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 The goods train is on the Down Slow line, headed by Collett '8750' class 0-6-0PT No. 3751 (built 11/37, withdrawn 9/65).

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Geographical Context: Railways other tags: Didcot GWR Main Line GWR 0-6-0T Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · View from Didcot [80] · Line at Didcot [67] · Train at Didcot [60] · Didcot Junction [25] · East [23] ·
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SU5290, 665 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Ben Brooksbank   (more nearby)
Date Taken
31 May 1963   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 19 May, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SU 525 904 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:36.6369N 1:14.5332W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SU 525 904
View Direction
EAST (about 90 degrees)
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