Paignton - Newcastle express at Naas Crossing, near Haresfield 1949
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Paignton - Newcastle express at Naas Crossing, near Haresfield 1949
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 13 Aug 1949
View SE, towards Bristol etc., also Swindon on the GWR - see various other railway scenes along this stretch south of Gloucester. The locomotive on this Summer Saturday relief is LMS Hughes/Fowler 5P4F 'Crab' 2-6-0 No. 42897 (built 1930, withdrawn 4/64).
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Image Location
Latitude
51.810841
Longitude
-2.262494