Down empties on the ex-GW main line, approaching Reading at Kennet Bridge Box
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Down empties on the ex-GW main line, approaching Reading at Kennet Bridge Box
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 23 Apr 1955
View eastward, towards London: ex-GWR Paddington - Reading etc. main line. The class F empties is on the Slow line, headed by Collett 4-6-0 No. 4979 'Wootton Hall' (built 2/30, withdrawn 12/63 but preserved - currently (2011) at the Appleby Heritage Centre.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.458689
Longitude
-0.943913
