Branch train leaving High Wycombe in 1962
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The photograph on this page of Branch train leaving High Wycombe in 1962 by john bristow as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © john bristow Taken: 2 Jun 1962
An autocoach bound for Maidenhead and propelled by Class 14XX locomotive No. 1445 drops away from the Main Line, having just passed over Gordon Road. The line from Maidenhead to High Wycombe opened in 1854 as the Wycombe Railway and the Wycombe to Bourne End section closed in 1970. The alignment where the photograph was taken has been obliterated in recent years by the construction of the Princes Gate access road. The building on the left of the picture is the former Gordon Road Infants' School (my first school!).