Down freight between Awre and Lydney, beside the Severn Estuary
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Down freight between Awre and Lydney, beside the Severn Estuary
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 9 Aug 1951
View NE at Gatcombe, towards Gloucester; ex-GWR Gloucester - Chepstow - South Wales main line. The line runs for about three miles near the 'sea' here, past the ill-fated (10/60) Severn Bridge. The Class D freight is headed by 4-6-0 No. 5939 'Tangley Hall' (built 7/33, withdrawn 10/64).
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Image Location
Latitude
51.746465
Longitude
-2.465483