Down 'Cornishman' entering Gloucester at Tramway Junction
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Down 'Cornishman' entering Gloucester at Tramway Junction
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 16 Jun 1962
View NE, towards Cheltenham, Birmingham etc.; ex-GWR & Midland Joint main lines from Cheltenham, Birmingham etc., joining the ex-GWR main line from Swindon, London, Bristol etc. The 'Cornishman' was 09.00 from Wolverhampton (Low Level) via Birmingham (Snow Hill), Stratford-on-Avon, Cheltenham (Malvern Road) to Penzance via Bristol, Exeter and Plymouth; for a few years around this time (1962) it came into Gloucester (Eastgate) and took the ex-Midland loop to rejoin its earlier route at Tuffley Junction. After Summer 1962 the name 'Cornishman' was transferred to a Sheffield (Bradford from 1967) - Penzance service running down to Bristol by the ex-Midland main line; after closure of the Eastgate loop this and all other trains on the NE - SW route had to reverse at Gloucester Central. The locomotive on this occasion was 4-6-0 No. 7026 'Tenby Castle' (built 8/49, withdrawn 10/64).
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Image Location
Latitude
51.862248
Longitude
-2.229539