Gloucester Cathedral in the background, the train is heading north towards Cheltenham from Tramway Junction, Barnwood Shed is just out of sight to the right. 44776 is off 21A Saltley
I'm not sure whether this working has come up through the former Midland Region station at Gloucester Eastgate or whether it has taken the loop or avoiding line thereby bypassing the City, but Elmbridge bank lies ahead between here and Cheltenham on the main Midland line to Birmingham .
When Gloucester Barnwood Motive Power Depot closed to steam its allocation of Midland Region locomotives went across to the Western's shed at Horton Road , out of shot on the extreme right of this view , and Barnwood became the temporary home of condemned locomotives held at Gloucester before they were despatched down to the South Wales scrapyards