West-to-North express struggling up out of Bristol through Lawrence Hill
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West-to-North express struggling up out of Bristol through Lawrence Hill
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 11 Aug 1962
View southward, towards Lawrence Hill, Dr Day's Bridge Junction, Bristol etc.: ex-GWR main lines west-, north- and eastwards from Bristol, through Stapleton Road and up to Filton Junction. (The ex-Midland line out towards Mangotsfield, Gloucester and the North, also Bath, is on the bridge above the train. The Summer Saturday 12.00 Kingswear - Manchester Piccadilly is headed by Collett 4-6-0 No. 6810 'Blakemere Grange' (built 11/36, withdrawn 10/64): it will run via the Severn Tunnel, Pontypool Road, Hereford to Shrewsbury, where an LMR engine will take over and run via Crewe.
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Image Location
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