Images Dated 2015

Locomotive at Carbis Bay in Cornwall, 1950s

A tank locomotive heads along the St Ives branch line. The Carbis Bay Hotel can be seen nestled behind the beach and in front of the viaduct

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1950s, Beach, Carbis Bay, Carbis Bay Hotel, Cliffs, Holidays, Nostalgia, Sea, St Ives Branch Line, Viaduct

Family boarding a train in the carriage sidings at Swindon, for the annual Works trip, 1932

Swindon Works closed down for two weeks every year, and the workers and their families went on a holiday known as the Trip. Complimentary trains ferried families to their destinations. In order to reduce any disruption to normal services, these trains were boarded from inside the Works or further down the line

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Winchcombe Station, Gloucestershire, c.1910

A view of Winchcombe Station near the village of Greet in Gloucestershire, c.1910.
Winchcombe station opened in February 1905 and closed to passengers in March 1960. Goods operations ceased in November 1964, but the station reopened in 1987 as part of the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway (heritage)

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