Express leaving Gloucester for London, 1960
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Express leaving Gloucester for London, 1960
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 28 May 1960
Seen from Tramway Crossing by the ex-GWR Horton Road locomotive depot, 'Castle' class 4-6-0 No. 7035 'Ogmore Castle' (built 8/50, withdrawn 6/65) storms away from Gloucester Central on an express which started from Cheltenham (St James) at 11.45 and has reversed at Gloucester. Off to the left is Gloucester Eastgate station and the ex-LMSR line to Bristol.
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Image Location
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51.862426
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-2.230557