IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Copse Hill, WELWYN, AL6 0SG
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Copse Hill, AL6 0SG by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Map
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Image Listing (12 Images Found)
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Up ECML coal train at Woolmer Green Box, near Knebworth
View northward, towards Hitchin and the North: ex-GN ECML. One of the countless coal trains up from New England Yards at Peterborough is being threaded through the Woolmer Green - Welwyn North two-track bottle-neck. The locomotive is headed by ex-WD 'Austerity' 2-8-0 No. 90288. This engine was built in 12/43 and loaned to the LNER at Tyne Dock, moving to the GWR at Ebbw Junction in 1/44 until sent to the Continent in 2/45: it was returned in 1947, being allocated to March LNE in 12/47; under BR it became No. 90288, working from New England and lasted until 12/62.
Image: © Ben Brooksbank
Taken: 2 Jun 1951
0.15 miles
2
Glasgow - King's Cross express at Woolmer Green
View northward, towards Hitchin and the North on the ECML where it reduces to two tracks for about two miles through the Welwyn Tunnels and Viaduct. The 08.35 from Glasgow Queen Street via Edinburgh is headed by Peppercorn A1 Pacific No. 60122 'Curlew' (built 12/48, withdrawn 12/62).
Image: © Ben Brooksbank
Taken: 2 Jun 1951
0.15 miles
3
All messed up and no place to go
A delivery of power equipment for Network Rail in Robbery Bottom Lane has gone a bit awry. The six wheel lorry is unable to climb the incline as the driven wheels are being lifted clear of the ground. The driver cannot reverse back safely so they will have to wait for assistance. In the meantime the road is blocked. Behind is the viaduct carrying the Kings Cross to Edinburgh main line.
Image: © Martin Addison
Taken: 30 Aug 2006
0.15 miles
4
Oaklands: Robbery Bottom Lane viaduct
The Great Northern Railway had to go to phenomenal civil engineering lengths to build their main line north out of London across Hertfordshire. In this stretch the railway dives into tunnels under hills and spans valleys with viaducts on a regular basis. Although on a much smaller scale lengthwise to Image] which is about 2 kilometres away to the south, this viaduct over Robbery Bottom Lane is of a similar height and obviously built to the same elegant design. It dates from around 1850.
Image: © Nigel Cox
Taken: 29 Nov 2009
0.15 miles
6
Oaklands. Old Great North Road.
This parade of shops lies alongside the old Great North Rd and includes a post office, off licence and florist. The new flats are on the site of an old petrol station. The photograph is taken from the end of Turpins Ride, a road named after Dick who rode past this spot on the famous ride on Black Bess.
Image: © Robin Hall
Taken: 18 Nov 2005
0.23 miles
8
Chalet style house, Great North Road, Mardley Green
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 21 Jan 2009
0.23 miles
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Chalet style houses, Great North Road, Mardley Green
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 21 Jan 2009
0.25 miles