Taking water at Alton
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Taking water at Alton
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton Taken: 10 Jun 2000
Steam locomotives need coal and also lots of water: here the tender of ex-Southern Railway locomotive 'Bodmin' (BR number 34016) is being filled with water at Alton station, ready for a special working to Salisbury.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.15172
Longitude
-0.966375