Images Dated 2007 November

The River Thames at Whitchurch, near Pangbourne, c1890

A view taken across the Mill Pond from the toll bridge in Whitchurch on Thames. Red brick cottages sit on the water's edge, next to the old mill, just out of shot to the left. The tower of St Mary's church can be seen in the centre of the image. This photo was produced by Photochrom and was used as a carriage print by the Great Western Railway in the late 1800s

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Lostwithiel Goods Shed, Cornwall, c.1970s

A colour view of Lostwithiel Goods Shed, Cornwall, c.1970s. Lostwithiel opened in 1859, with goods traffic opening in 1869 as part of the Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway. Between 1880 and 1895 Lostwithiel was closed to goods traffic.
The station finally closed to both passengers and goods in 1964

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1970s, Cornwall, Disused Station, Good, Goods Shed, Lostwithiel, Shed, Station

No 1009 County of Carmarthen

GWR 4-6-0 locomotive, No. 1009 County of Camarthen. The locomotive is photographed on double blast pipe trials with a dynometer car, passing Swindon Works c.1954

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1009, 4 6 0, Blast Pipe, Carmarthen, County, Dynometer