Moat Lane Junction Station, with train
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Moat Lane Junction Station, with train
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 11 May 1957
View westward, towards Machynlleth and the Coast (ahead). The Mid-Wales line to Llanidloes, Builth and Brecon started from here, using separate platforms that are out of frame to the left, as is the line which curved away immediately. Two LMS Ivatt 2MT 2-6-0s can be seen, one of them on the 16.15 Newtown to Machynlleth local train. The station was closed on 31/12/62, when the Mid-Wales line was closed (apart from a goods service to Llanidloes until 2/10/67). (A lovely view in the upper reaches of the Severn Valley, with perhaps its source, Plynlimon, on the horizon).
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Image Location
Latitude
52.509825
Longitude
-3.410338