Thank you for your patience while we retrieve your images.
Taken 30-Dec-08
Visitors 622


302 of 319 photos
Thumbnails
Info
Categories & Keywords

Category:Transportation
Subcategory:Railway
Subcategory Detail:
Keywords:58xx, BW, GWR, NB, South West, Steam
Photo Info

Dimensions3836 x 2564
Original file size1.6 MB
Image typeJPEG
Color spaceUnknown
Date modified30-Dec-08 18:01
5800 1950s Kemble Junction

5800 1950s Kemble Junction

A Tetbury train departing from Kemble, the loco was withdrawn in July 1958 which helps date the image. The shed-like building in the background was the pump house for the famous water tower which in turn supplied Swindon Works. The signal box too is distinctive - it was one of a small number constructed of concrete blocks within a steel framework (SRS Type 9) which were particularly associated with the Didcot-Swindon section. See Great Western Railway Journal No. 67 (Summer 2008). Again thanks to Nigel Wassell for correcting the incorrect information that came with the negative.