Churchdown: Down relief express to Bristol from Birmingham and the North, 1957
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Churchdown: Down relief express to Bristol from Birmingham and the North, 1957
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 28 Dec 1957
View NE towards Cheltenham on the four-track LMS&GW Joint main line to Gloucester and beyond, which was only four-track 1942-67. The locomotive is Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 No. 44826 (built 1944, withdrawn 9/67).
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Image Location
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51.880604
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-2.167891