Surrendering the token
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Surrendering the token
Image: © John Winder Taken: 21 Sep 2014
The fireman of ex - GWR 2-6-2 T 5541 is preparing to hand over the single line token to the signalman at Norchard station on the Dean Forest Railway. He'll swap this for a different token which is effectively the key to unlock the next section of single track on the line to Parkend.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.734371
Longitude
-2.539355