Atherstone
Walking with Beyer Garratts: this sylvan scene contrasts with its past as a colliery line using a particularly heavy and powerful locomotive (see image 26499 for the other end of the footpath and a further link). It contrasts even more with its present neighbour, the A5. I had to run across the road from my parked car to get this picture, and run back! Even in the 1950's, big queues built up at the level crossings here and at Willey, some twelve miles South-East. This view looks West.
Location: Atherstone
Original line: Baddesley Colliery Branch (London and North Western Railway)
Photographer: Ken Strachan
Contact photographer: Ken Strachan
Date: 22/10/2011
Image number: 36124
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