Double-headed Down express pounding up from Wellington to Whiteball Summit
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Double-headed Down express pounding up from Wellington to Whiteball Summit
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 28 Aug 1954
View northward, towards Taunton and Bristol/London on the ex-GWR West Country main line. The 09.05 Swansea - Kingswear Summer Saturday express has two Collett-design 'Hall' 4-6-0s: No.6920 'Barningham Hall' piloting No. 6935 'Browsholme Hall' (respectively built 7/41, named 5/46, withdrawn 12/63 and 12/41, 1/47, 2/65). It was a splendid site/sight/sound in the lovely countryside of the Blackdown Hills.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.975965
Longitude
-3.249117