Climbing the Mendips on the S&D -1962
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Climbing the Mendips on the S&D -1962
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: Unknown
The Somerset and Dorset Railway climbed for some 7 miles from Evercreech Junction to Masbury summit mainly at 1 in 50. Holiday period trains particularly on a Saturday involved heavy loads – this train consisted of 11 coaches and a parcels van – and most such trains were hauled by two locomotives. A skilled eye can identify those at the head of this train being the same combination that Ben Brooksbank captured in this view https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2122053 . At this point the bulk of the climb still lies ahead.
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Image Location
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51.155068
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-2.512981