Up local goods at Gloucester Eastgate with ex-GW 2-6-2T
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Up local goods at Gloucester Eastgate with ex-GW 2-6-2T
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 9 Mar 1964
View westward and towards Tuffley Junction, Bristol etc. curving to the left. Eastgate station still had 10 or so years' existence, but a sign of the take-over by the WR is provided by this Churchward-design '4500' class 2-6-2T, No. 4564 (built 10/24, withdrawn 9/64), working on the ex-Midland line. Behind it is Gloucester Passenger Station Box, the ex-Midland yards and the long footbridge connecting the two Gloucester Stations.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.862775
Longitude
-2.236077