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Bridgwater
Opened on 14th June 1841. Closed to goods in November 1965. The branch to the docks closed on 2nd January 1965.
This first set of pics taken in 1990 with a way dodgy camera that let light in! I like the pics all the same :)
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47226 shunts the sidings at Bridgwater on the 25th April 1990.
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47835 blasts through with a royal train on the 1st May 1990. This loco was one of the dedicated Royal Train 47/8's at the time.
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An HST powers northwards. The yard in the left-background is currently used by DRS for loading nuclear flasks onto wagons. This was also where the branch to Bridgwater Docks left the mainline.
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This next set of pics were very kindly supplied by David Tutton. The first three perfectly echo my black and white ones above!
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A view of the station with an HST heading for Bristol.
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Bug 158853 heads through with a Bristol bound train.
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A Voyager passing through.
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50049 about to leave with a Pathfinders tour.
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A general view of the station with bug 143603 waiting with a service for Taunton.
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The south end of Bridgwater Station showing a Voyager passing under two bridges. The first is a footbridge that links two housing estates.
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