Up return holiday express on the S&D near Shepton Mallet
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Up return holiday express on the S&D near Shepton Mallet
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 22 Aug 1959
View SE, towards Shepton Mallet, Templecombe and Bournemouth on the Somerset & Dorset Bath - Bournemouth line. This Summer Saturday train was the 11.12 Bournemouth West to Sheffield and had two LMS 4F 0-6-0s, Nos. 44424 and 44422 at its head. (See also Image]). No. 44422, withdrawn in 6/65 - a long-time 'pal' of mine - survived into preservation and is now on the Nene Valley Railway.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.202366
Longitude
-2.552438