Up 'Capitals United Express' approaching Hanwell & Elthorne station
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Up 'Capitals United Express' approaching Hanwell & Elthorne station
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 22 Dec 1959
View westward, towards Reading and the West; ex-GWR Paddington to the West main line. This train, which left Swansea at 06.30, was due into Paddington at 10.55. The locomotive is 'Castle' 4-6-0 No. 5066 'Sir Felix Pole' (built 7/37 as 'Wardour Castle', renamed 4/56 on the death of the former (1921-29) General Manager of the GWR, withdrawn 9/62.
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Image Location
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51.511666
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-0.339454