Approaching Elstree & Boreham Wood
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Approaching Elstree & Boreham Wood
Image: © Martin Addison Taken: Unknown
Bracketed by semaphore signals, a class 45 diesel locomotive approaches the station at speed with a fast passenger service from St. Pancras. It has just exited the tunnels that carry the line under Deacons Hill and Scratchwood. The semaphore signals are in their last months of service (in 1979) as they are to be replaced with colour light signalling - one of which is visible with the white X denoting that it is not in use. John Webb informs me that the buildings at the top of the embankment on the left belonged to the Fire Research Station. The site now has houses on it.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.651251
Longitude
-0.278849