Severn Tunnel Junction Yards, with Up iron ore empties
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Severn Tunnel Junction Yards, with Up iron ore empties
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 5 Jun 1961
View westward, towards Newport, Cardiff etc.; ex-Great Western South Wales main line. The photograph was taken from the bridge on the road to Rogiet Moor. The train is on the Up Gloucester line, heading back to Banbury and passing Severn Tunnel Junction Middle Box (closed in 11-12/68). The locomotive is ex-War Department 2-8-0 No. 90315 - in unusually clean condition. The Yards were then in full use - the Down Yard being off to the right, the Up Yard beyond the signalbox. The whole Yard ceased to function from October 1987 and nowadays the M4 runs beside the site after bridging the Second Severn Crossing.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.584481
Longitude
-2.780053