Bristol - Weymouth express approaching Clink Road Junction, Frome

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Bristol - Weymouth express approaching Clink Road Junction, Frome

Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 22 Aug 1959

View NE, towards Westbury (and Bristol, via Bath), Newbury, Reading and London, etc.; ex-GWR Paddington - Reading - Westbury - Taunton - Exeter - Plymouth - Penzance, also Wilts., Somerset and Weymouth (Swindon/Bath - Westbury - Yeovil - Weymouth, main lines. (At Clink Road the Frome cut-off line ran to Blacksbridge Junction). The 09.43 Bristol Temple Meads to Weymouth is headed by 4-6-0 No. 5924 'Dinton Hall' (built 5/33, withdrawn 12/63) and will call in at Frome. (See also Image]).

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.238193
Longitude
-2.292881