Down freight at Gloucester Tramway Junction, approaching from the Cheltenham lines
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Down freight at Gloucester Tramway Junction, approaching from the Cheltenham lines
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 26 Oct 1959
View eastwards, towards Cheltenham, Birmingham etc. (left) and the loop to Gloucester South Junction, Swindon and Bristol etc. (right): the Class H freight is on the southbound Slow line and crossing the Loop. The locomotive is Collett '5205' class 2-8-0T No. 5230 (built 6/24, withdrawn 7/64). (For route details, see other scenes at this location).
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Image Location
Latitude
51.862159
Longitude
-2.229248