Broad gauge rail at Newent
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The photograph on this page of Broad gauge rail at Newent by John Winder as part of the Geograph project.
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Broad gauge rail at Newent
Image: © John Winder Taken: 25 Mar 2018
The Great Western Railway used their redundant broad gauge rail as fenceposts, reinforcing bar and any number of other things. Nearly a hundred and thirty years after the last broad gauge line was converted to standard gauge, much of this stuff can still be seen around the rail network. This piece was spreading the load of whatever was above the arch seen in Image] and has seen better days!
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Image Location
Latitude
51.934944
Longitude
-2.409833