Brent Station, with train
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Brent Station, with train
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 24 Jul 1958
View eastwards, towards Newton Abbot, Exeter etc.; ex-GWR London etc. - Exeter - Plymouth - Penzance main line. Until 16/9/63, Brent was the junction for the branch to Kingsbridge; Brent was closed on 5/10/64. Here in 1958 it was still active: leaving for Penzance is the 05.20 express from Paddington, headed by a Collett 'Castle' 4-6-0 No. 4087 'Cardigan Castle'; in the bay is a 2-6-2T 5168 ready to bank the next Down freight train up the formidable Rattery Bank ahead.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.428076
Longitude
-3.834703