Down freight passing Andover Junction
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Down freight passing Andover Junction
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 21 Jul 1962
View eastward from an Up train, towards Basingstoke and London: ex-LSWR West of England main line and junction with the Midland & South-Western Junction line from Cheltenham via Swindon and the ex-LSW line on to Southampton via Romsey. The short Down main-line freight passing the goods station is headed by Maunsell U class 2-6-0 No. 31619 (built 12/28, withdrawn 12/65).
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Image Location
Latitude
51.211656
Longitude
-1.493019