Staines Turntable
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Staines Turntable
Image: © Roger W Haworth Taken: 14 Mar 2006
"Big" railways do not need turntables any more but the complicated train movements operated by the Staines Society of Model Engineers on this track in Staines Park demand a twelve-road turntable. The tower of the Spelthorne Borough Council Offices in Image can be seen in the background.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.424804
Longitude
-0.499819