Up stopping train to Bristol passing Swindon Works
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Up stopping train to Bristol passing Swindon Works
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 11 Jun 1950
View eastward, towards Reading and London: ex-GW London - Bristol/South Wales main lines. The locomotive is Churchward 43XX 2-6-0 No. 5327 (built 9/17, modified to the heavier version as No. 8327 2/28-8/44, withdrawn 7/56). Behind the trees is the parish church built by the GWR.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.560108
Longitude
-1.798577