Colchester Town (St Botolphs)
Surely, the grim reaper of railways has recently passed this way? Lifted track, a gutted signal box - its levers and innards dumped carelessly in the foreground – and a thick carpet of weeds can only mean closure and abandonment. Not this time, though. This photo is of Colchester St Botolphs on 29th July 1984 when it was very much alive with services between Colchester, Clacton and Walton. Similar weed-strewn vistas could be seen all over the East Anglian rail network that year, suggesting that no weed killer trains were about in 1983/1984.
Location: Colchester Town (St Botolphs)
Original line: Tendring Hundred Railway
Photographer: Mark Dufton
Contact photographer: Mark Dufton
Date: 29/07/1984
Image number: 87107
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