L1164 - Junction of GCR - E&W Jct. Railways

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8714

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L1164 - The junction of the GCR and the E&WJ (later to become S&MJ) railways at Woodford Halse, Northamptonshire. The junction was created as part of Contract No 5 (Woodford to Brackley) awarded to Walter Scott & Co. of Newcastle upon Tyne. The photograph, taken c1897, shows the GCR partially finished and sweeping in from the right to join the existing E&WJ line. A row of small freight wagons is seen stationary on the E&WJ tracks. The area in the distance was to become the site of the Woodford & Hinton Station (later called Woodford Halse)

British Railways - S. W. A. Newton Collection

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Maker

S.W.A. Newton

LCC ID. No.

L1164.tif

Image Use

Personal use only unless otherwise agreed

Notes

IM&ICT - RC
Original media type: Glass plate negative

Exhibitions with this image

L1164 - The junction of the GCR and the E&WJ (later to become S&MJ) railways at Woodford Halse, Northamptonshire. The junction was created as part of Contract No 5 (Woodford to Brackley) awarded to Walter Scott & Co. of Newcastle upon Tyne. The photograph, taken c1897, shows the GCR partially finished and sweeping in from the right to join the existing E&WJ line. A row of small freight wagons is seen stationary on the E&WJ tracks. The area in the distance was to become the site of the Woodford & Hinton Station (later called Woodford Halse)

British Railways - S. W. A. Newton Collection

Subjects

Transport

Transport > Rail

Working Life

Working Life > Industrial

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