'County' 4-6-0 on express from Chester line entering Shrewsbury
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'County' 4-6-0 on express from Chester line entering Shrewsbury
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 29 Jun 1962
View NW, towards Chester (left) by the ex-GWR, Crewe (right) by the ex-LNWR at Shrewsbury Crewe Junction. Headed by Hawksworth 'County' class 4-6-0 No. 1025 'County of Radnor' (built 12/46, withdrawn 2/63), which has worked from Chester General, this is the 09.20 Birkenhead Woodside to Bournemouth West, which will continue via Birmingham Snow Hill, Banbury, Oxford, Reading West Curve, Basingstoke and Southampton, due Bournemouth West at 17.35.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.712635
Longitude
-2.751476