Cheltenham St James' - Gloucester local train near Churchdown
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Cheltenham St James' - Gloucester local train near Churchdown
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 30 Jul 1949
View eastward, towards Cheltenham, Birmingham etc. on four-track joint ex-GW & Midland main lines. The locomotive is Collett '4575' class 2-6-2T No. 5538 (built 7/28, withdrawn 10/61): it worked for many years from the Sub-Shed of Gloucester at Cheltenham and has been preserved by the Dean Forest Railway.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.877528
Longitude
-2.180808