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New page: <div style="float:right"> <googlemap lat="51.561812" lon="-2.637835"> 51.560077, -2.638478, Cross Hands Road </googlemap> </div> '''To Bristol, the North or London''': [[Ellinghurst Rhine(... |
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Image:Cross Hands Road1.jpg|The view from the trackside looking back towards [[Pilning]]. '''7902''' and a pilot ready to go. ''© [[:Category:Gerald Peacock|Gerald Peacock]]'' | Image:Cross Hands Road1.jpg|The view from the trackside looking back towards [[Pilning]]. '''7902''' and a pilot ready to go. ''© [[:Category:Gerald Peacock|Gerald Peacock]]'' | ||
Image:Cross Hands | Image:Cross Hands Road2.jpg|The same view, different train, and a location slightly closer to the [[Severn Tunnel]] that shows the road bridge itself. ''© [[:Category:Gerald Peacock|Gerald Peacock]]'' | ||
Image:Cross Hands | Image:Cross Hands Road3.jpg|A car train from Pilning heads for Wales. ''© [[:Category:Gerald Peacock|Gerald Peacock]]'' | ||
Image:Cross Hands | Image:Cross Hands Road4.jpg|A County Class loco heading towards Bristol. ''© [[:Category:Gerald Peacock|Gerald Peacock]]'' | ||
Image:Cross Hands | Image:Cross Hands Road5.jpg|Another view towards Pilning. ''© [[:Category:Gerald Peacock|Gerald Peacock]]'' | ||
Image:Cross Hands | Image:Cross Hands Road6.jpg|This view is closer to Pilning station and shows the car train, complete with plenty of cars, heading for Wales. ''© [[:Category:Gerald Peacock|Gerald Peacock]]'' | ||
Image:Cross Hands | Image:Cross Hands Road7.jpg|The last photo in this vintage section shows a freight being given the right of way to enter the two track section that leads to the Severn Tunnel. ''© [[:Category:Gerald Peacock|Gerald Peacock]]'' | ||
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== December 2003 == | == December 2003 == | ||
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Image:Cross Hands | Image:Cross Hands Road8.jpg|The view from Cross Hands Road towards Pilning station. | ||
Image:Cross Hands | Image:Cross Hands Road9.jpg|Looking towards Wales with the second Severn Crossing on the left. The railway is just about to plunge under [[Ableton Lane Tunnel|Severn Road]]. | ||
Image:Cross Hands | Image:Cross Hands Road10.jpg|The afternoon sun has almost set and casts long shadows across the bridge. | ||
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== September 2005 == | == September 2005 == | ||
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Image:Cross Hands | Image:Cross Hands Road11.jpg|The view towards Bristol with Pilning station visible in the distance. ''© [[:Category:Mark Lippiatt|Mark Lippiatt]]'' | ||
Image:Cross Hands | Image:Cross Hands Road12.jpg|The view towards Severn Tunnel. ''© [[:Category:Mark Lippiatt|Mark Lippiatt]]'' | ||
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[[Category:Bridges]] | [[Category:Bridges]] | ||
Revision as of 00:22, 9 December 2007
<googlemap lat="51.561812" lon="-2.637835"> 51.560077, -2.638478, Cross Hands Road </googlemap>
To Bristol, the North or London: Ellinghurst Rhine
To Wales: Ableton Lane Tunnel
1960s
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The view from the trackside looking back towards Pilning. 7902 and a pilot ready to go. © Gerald Peacock -
The same view, different train, and a location slightly closer to the Severn Tunnel that shows the road bridge itself. © Gerald Peacock -
A car train from Pilning heads for Wales. © Gerald Peacock -
A County Class loco heading towards Bristol. © Gerald Peacock -
Another view towards Pilning. © Gerald Peacock -
This view is closer to Pilning station and shows the car train, complete with plenty of cars, heading for Wales. © Gerald Peacock -
The last photo in this vintage section shows a freight being given the right of way to enter the two track section that leads to the Severn Tunnel. © Gerald Peacock
December 2003
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The view from Cross Hands Road towards Pilning station. -
Looking towards Wales with the second Severn Crossing on the left. The railway is just about to plunge under Severn Road. -
The afternoon sun has almost set and casts long shadows across the bridge.
September 2005
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The view towards Bristol with Pilning station visible in the distance. © Mark Lippiatt -
The view towards Severn Tunnel. © Mark Lippiatt
