'Castle' on breakdown train at Lawrence Hill
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'Castle' on breakdown train at Lawrence Hill
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 6 Aug 1960
Looking in run-down condition itself but with two years still to go, GW Collett 'Castle' 4-6-0 No. 4077 'Chepstow Castle' (built 2/24, withdrawn 8/62) is working a breakdown train from the direction of Filton Junction, on the ex-GWR main lines from South Wales, Birmingham and London (via Badminton) on a 1960 Summer Saturday.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.458846
Longitude
-2.56431