Portsmouth - Cardiff express passing Magor
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Portsmouth - Cardiff express passing Magor
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 5 Jun 1961
View eastward, towards Severn Tunnel Junction etc.: ex-GW South Wales Main line. The train will have come via Eastleigh to Salisbury, where the WR locomotive will have taken over to run via Westbury and Bristol (Stapleton Road) and the Severn Tunnel. It is Collett 4-6-0 No. 4948 'Northwick Hall' (built 8/29, withdrawn 9/62).
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Image Location
Latitude
51.577923
Longitude
-2.831604