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View southward, towards Swindon and London on the ex-GWR Swindon - Gloucester main line, the nearer two tracks being the ex-Midland Bristol - Birmingham main line. On a fine summer evening, the 16.55 Paddington - Cheltenham (St James) is headed by 'Castle' 4-6-0 No. 7006 'Lydford Castle' (built 6/46, withdrawn 12/63).
©Ben Brooksbank
Dist:0.1km<br/>View northward, towards Gloucester etc.: ex- Midland Birmingham - Bristol and ex-GWR Gloucester etc. - Bristol, Swindon etc. main lines; for details see [[[2096717]]] and other scenes at Harsfield. The 07.32 from Bradford Forster Square is headed by Stanier 'Jubilee' 6P 4-6-0 No. 45683 'Hogue' (built 1/36, withdrawn 12/62).
©Ben Brooksbank
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©Jonathan Thacker
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©Steve Daniels
Dist:0.2km<br/>View northward, towards Gloucester and the North: ex-Midland Birmingham - Bristol main line. The 12.30 from Newcastle, due at Bristol Temple Meads at 20.15, is approaching Haresfield station on the ex-Midland lines which ran parallel to the GWR lines to Swindon as far as Standish Junction - see [[[2599764]]] and several other scenes in the area. The locomotive is Stanier 'Jubilee' 6P 4-6-0 No. 45610 'Gold Coast' - 'Ghana' from 12/58, built 7/34 withdrawn 1/64.
©Ben Brooksbank
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©Steve Daniels
Dist:0.3km<br/>A beautiful clear day. Looking across the Vale of Gloucester, the Malvern Hills can be seen clearly in the distance (some 30km away). The Vale of Gloucester is the flood plain of the River Severn, and the area was flooded very badly in July this year. In the middle distance is Gloucester itself (the southern side)and in the foreground lots of rich farmland.
©Sharon Loxton
Dist:0.3km<br/>View northward, towards Gloucester etc.: ex-GW main line from Swindon etc. (also Bristol) to Gloucester, South Wales, Cheltenham and Birmingham, paralleling the ex- Midland Bristol - Birmingham main line. (See various other images here). An important Class D freight has been fitted in between all the Summer Saturday holiday traffic, headed by Churchward 2800 class 2-8-0 No. 2855 (built 2/1913, withdrawn 12/62).
©Ben Brooksbank
Dist:0.3km<br/>The 12.00 Gloucester Eastgate - Bristol Temple Meads has LMS Fowler 4F 0-6-0 No. 44167 (built 1926, withdrawn 1/64).
©Ben Brooksbank
Dist:0.4km<br/>View northward, towards Gloucester etc.: ex-Midland Birmingham - Bristol main line, with ex-GW Gloucster etc. - Swindon line on far side. The locomotive is 4-6-0 No. 44746, a post-war modified Stanier Class 5 with Caprotti valve-gear, built 8/48 and withdrawn 2/64.
©Ben Brooksbank
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©Jonathan Thacker
Dist:0.4km<br/>View northward, towards Gloucester on the ex-Midland Birmingham - Bristol main line - paralleled on the east side by the ex-GW main line. The Down Class H freight is headed by LMS Fowler 4F 0-6-0 No. 4267 - not yet renumbered in the BR series - built 1926, withdrawn 5/62.
©Ben Brooksbank
Dist:0.4km<br/>View northward, towards Gloucester; ex-GW Swindon - Gloucester etc. main line. The train is on the ex-GW pair of tracks - on which there no station at Haresfield, the ex-Midland Birmingham - Bristol main line pair being on the left and its Haresfield station just south of here. (See [[[2096717]]] for more detail). The 11.45 Cheltenham - Paddington (arr. 15.00) is headed by 'Castle' 4-6-0 5071 'Spitfire', built 6/38 as 'Clifford Castle', renamed in 9/40, recently fitted with double-chimney and withdrawn 10/63.
©Ben Brooksbank
Dist:0.4km<br/>The sign marks the edge of the village of Haresfield but the main development is still about 450 metres away on the other side of a railway.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.4km<br/>View northwards, towards Gloucester, Cheltenham, Birmingham and the North. This is the four-track stretch between Tuffley Junction, Gloucester and Standish Junction: the left-hand pair of tracks carry the LMR (ex-Midland) traffic of the Birmingham New Street - Bristol main line; the right-hand pair, the ex-GW Swindon - Gloucester - (South Wales)/Cheltenham - Birmingham Snow Hill traffic. The 08.00 Sheffield Midland to Paignton has (as far as Bristol) LMS 'Jubilee' 6P 4-6-0 No. 45607 'Fiji'.
©Ben Brooksbank

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