Renewing the ballast near Norbiton station, 1977
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Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 6 Mar 2013
View NW from Gloucester Road bridge, on the Up line from Kingston. Almost all being done mechanically nowadays, so why so many men? (See Image] and Image]).