eaw017078 ENGLAND (1948). Caversham Road, the British Railways Works (Reading Signal Works), Reading railway station and environs, Reading, 1948
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| Title | [EAW017078] Caversham Road, the British Railways Works (Reading Signal Works), Reading railway station and environs, Reading, 1948 |
| Reference | EAW017078 |
| Date | 6-July-1948 |
| Link | |
| Place name | READING |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 471342, 174007 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -0.9729927264183, 51.460049291946 |
| National Grid Reference | SU713740 |
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 Trolley bus overhead wiring can clearly be seen on this view. They took over from trams some 12 years earlier. |
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| Petrol powered shunting loco number 27. |
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| Parcels Depot. |
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| Railway Staff Hostel. |
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| Forbury Gardens. |
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| Rising Sun Public House. |
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| Thames Valley Buses. |
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Saturday 15th of February 2014 03:19:44 PM |
| Reading Corporation Bus. |
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| Reading Southern Station SR [or Southern Region BR). |
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| Reading General Station GWR (or Western Region BR). |
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Saturday 15th of February 2014 03:16:49 PM |
| GWR steam locomotive - station pilot, or standby to replace a 'failed' locomotive on an 'up' express to London |
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Commonly refered to as the "Up Line Pilot" |
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Saturday 15th of February 2014 05:23:16 PM |
| Southern Railway/Southern Region signalbox |
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| Signalbox |
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Reading Main Line East [commonly refered to as East Main]. |
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Saturday 15th of February 2014 03:12:33 PM |
| Water tower |
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Saturday 18th of January 2014 04:46:15 PM |
| Signalbox |
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Reading West Goods. |
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| Caversham Road - a tramway route |
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Not by this date. Reading replaced trams with trolleybuses which began to run on Saturday 18th July 1936. The last tram ran on 20th May 1939. |
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| GWR Churchward or Collett 2-6-0 behind 'Cordon' wagon |
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| GWR 'Cordon' gas tank wagon - built to supply gas for providing lighting in coaching stock |
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Saturday 18th of January 2014 04:43:35 PM |
| Southern Railway 2-6-0 with a train for Redhill |
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Saturday 18th of January 2014 04:40:29 PM |
| Steam locomotive - a GWR large prairie (2-6-2T) tank engine |
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