Images Dated 2016

Earl of Clancarty, No. 5058 with Dinmore Manor, No. 7820 at Aller Junction, September 1958

1950s, 5058, 7820, Aller Junction, Devon, Dinmore Manor, Double Header, Earl Of Clancarty, Locomotive, Railway

Castle Class, No. 7029, Clun Castle at Newton Abbot Station, c.1950s

A view of Castle Class, No. 7029, Clun Castle at Newton Abbot Station, Devon, c.1950s.
The station opened with the name Newton in December 1846 by the South Devon Railway Company. By the time the name was changed to Newton Abbot in 1877 the station had a large goods shed, train sheds and busy workshops which helped with converting the stock and line to standard gauge.
Newton Abbot station underwent an extension and rebuild between the wars, opening in April 1927 with a Culverhouse designed station building

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Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee train, 1897

A view of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee train hauled by the locomotive, The Queen. The engine carried two large crests and a crown at the front. The Queen, number 3041, was an Achilles class locomotive which was originally named Emlyn in 1894. It changed its name when it hauled the royal train

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3041, Achilles, Diamond Jubilee, Queen Victoria, Royal, Royal Train, Royalty, The Queen