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©Oxyman
<br/>Redolent of the nineteen-fifties is this view of commuters about to board the 08.26 steam train from Harrow and Wealdstone to Euston. Stopping only at Willesden Junction, it was much quicker than the local electric train or the Bakerloo line tube which were the alternatives.
©Dr Neil Clifton
<br/>This station was opened by the London and Birmingham Railway (L&BR) as Harrow on 20 July 1837 in what was then rural Middlesex. The initials of the London & North Western Railway (successor to the L&BR) can be seen carved in stone above the doors
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Dist:0.1km north<br/>The branch line from Harrow had originally extended to Stanmore Village station, but by the time the above photograph was taken in 1956 it had been cut back to Belmont. The service was usually worked by a push-pull fitted Fowler 2-6-2 tank engine and two bogie coaches, as seen here, although an early diesel train was also given trials here at about this time. The service was a casualty of the Beeching cuts and the last train ran in October 1964.
©Dr Neil Clifton
Dist:0.1km north<br/>The far end of the station was the scene of the worst peacetime railway crash in Great Britain, on 8 October 1952, when a London-bound sleeper train from Scotland ran into the back of a stationary local train waiting at a platform, and seconds later when an express train from London to Liverpool, running in the opposite direction, ran into the resulting wreckage. There were 112 fatalities.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.1km north<br/>These heavy electric trains, which were in use at this time on the services from Watford Junction to Euston and Broad Street, and also from Broad Street to Richmond, had electrical equipment by the Swiss firm of Oerlikon. They were both reliable and fast, but they caused considerable wear to the tracks, which were shared with London Transport's 'Bakerloo' tube trains. The Oerlikon trains were replaced during 1957-58 with more modern (but much less interesting) stock. These services still continue, nowadays using Class 313 trains.
©Dr Neil Clifton
Dist:0.1km north<br/>Looking towards Harrow and Wealdstone Station.
©Danny Robinson
Dist:0.3km north<br/>At the junction of Gordon Road, Wealdstone Police Station is to the right.
©Danny Robinson
Dist:0.4km north<br/>The ultimate municipal monolith, and home of Harrow Council! Harrow Council's website is here http://www.harrow.gov.uk/ccm/portal/
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.4km north<br/>In Christchurch Avenue, full details of this London Borough of Harrow facility can be found here http://www.harrow.gov.uk/ccm/content/leisure-and-culture/sports-services/harrow-leisure-centre.en
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.4km north<br/>In Rosslyn Crescent.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.8km west<br/>Since this is a photography website it seems only right to record the whereabouts of Kodak! This is their large Harrow site in Headstone Drive, Wealdstone, which occupies most of the north-east quadrant of TQ1489. Kodak have had a presence in the area since the 1890s.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.8km southeast<br/>This subway goes under the West Coast Main Line Railway between Kenton and Harrow and Wealdstone stations. Note the dedicated eastbound and westbound cyclists' lanes.
©Nigel Cox

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