Witham-bound train at Cheddar station
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The photograph on this page of Witham-bound train at Cheddar station by Martin Tester as part of the Geograph project.
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Witham-bound train at Cheddar station
Image: © Martin Tester Taken: 1 May 1963
BR Standard 2-6-2T 82037 is at the head of the mid-afternoon train from Yatton (depart 2.45pm) to Witham on the GWR's west of England main line. The leisurely timetable was intended to allow time for the loading & unloading of parcels but it gave the photographer the opportunity to leave the train and record the scene. Withdrawal of the passenger service came 4 months later; the last trains ran on 7th September 1963. Goods traffic from Witham as far as Cheddar lasted for a few more years, ending in April 1969. Cheddar station was the only one on the line to have an overall roof - a facility denied to that at Wells, surely a more important source of traffic.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.275454
Longitude
-2.783781