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Polyrus

Posted: 22 Sep 2016

Taken: 15 Mar 2016

8 favorites     12 comments    1 444 visits

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Lat, Lng:  50.761950, -3.058754
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Address:  Shute Road, Whitford, Shute, Axminster, Devon, England, EX13 7

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Keywords

34005 •
Barnstaple •
West Country Class •
Bulleid Light Pacific •
steam locomotive •
British Railways •
Seaton Junction •
35mm slide •
Agfa CT18 •
scan •
railway •
Devon •

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Photo replaced on 22 Sep 2016
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34005 'Barnstaple' near Seaton Junction

34005 'Barnstaple' near Seaton Junction
...in May 1964

34005 was built in 1945 and rebuilt without the air smoothed casing in 1957.
Seaton Junction station was closed in March 1966, a few months prior to this loco being withdrawn.

This is a scan from the original Agfa CT18 35mm slide, which has lasted quite well.

SV1XV, Erhard Bernstein, tiabunna, Tractacus and 4 other people have particularly liked this photo

12 comments - The latest ones
 HappySnapper
HappySnapper
Built in the year I was Born
8 years ago.
Polyrus has replied to HappySnapper
That was a very good year, for millions of people.
8 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Outstanding shot!

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8 years ago.
Polyrus has replied to William Sutherland club
Thank you, William
8 years ago.
 Pam J
Pam J club
Working glory
8 years ago.
Polyrus has replied to Pam J club
...and beauty ;-)
8 years ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club
I remember riding on steam trains as a kid- more fun than our congested ICEs nowadays!
8 years ago.
Polyrus has replied to Gudrun club
Yes Gudrun, all the fun has gone. They are talking about getting some High Speed Trains (HST2s), which are similar to your ICEs.......and they have been talking about them for decades!
8 years ago.
 Tractacus
Tractacus club
And the same service today is worked by two or three car DMUs. Such is progress...
8 years ago.
Polyrus has replied to Tractacus club
Yes, technological progress and a change in people's life styles, plus the advent of National Express. The good news is that steam in now becoming more popular each year ;-)
8 years ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club
A lovely shot and the old slide has indeed survived well.
8 years ago.
Polyrus has replied to tiabunna club
Many thanks for spotting this one, George.
8 years ago.

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