Gloucester - Chalford double-set auto-train near Haresfield, 1956
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Gloucester - Chalford double-set auto-train near Haresfield, 1956
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 16 Jun 1956
View NE towards Gloucester, on the four-track Tuffley Junction - Standish Junction joint GW & LMS section. Only on busy Saturdays was it necessary to run two sets together - and as well attach another coach behind the engine, which in this case was Collett 14XX (former 48XX) 0-4-2T no. 1424 (built 11/33 as 4824, renumbered 10/46, withdrawn 12/63)
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Image Location
Latitude
51.788253
Longitude
-2.271352