Severn Valley Railway - out it comes

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Severn Valley Railway - out it comes

Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 22 Mar 2022

Just like pulling a tooth. The crane is pulling the stump of a former signal post and nearly all of that length was in the ground. The crane is a Cowans Sheldon 30 ton steam breakdown crane built in 1960. A new signal was due to go in on 23/03/2022.

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.374274
Longitude
-2.302401