Bleasdale No.24 James Spooner at Minffordd Station with Up train.

Bleasdale No.24 James Spooner at Minffordd Station with Up train.
Bleasdale No.24 James Spooner at Minffordd Station with Up train.
Bleasdale No.24 James Spooner at Minffordd Station with Up train.
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Bleasdale No.24 James Spooner at Minffordd Station with Up train.
James Spooner at Minffordd Station with an Up train, summer 1887. Double arm semaphore of lines on the left and disc capstan just visible behind the pillar on the right. The locomotive is yet to be rebuilt, retaining the original boiler and long shallow water tanks. The train consists of an Ashbury 4-wheeler carriage, Small Birmingham 4-wheeler carriages, including fully open and semi-open 1st class types, bogie carriages Nos 15 & 16, and Brown Marshalls Van No. 4 or 5.

Looking to the staff on and around the van, the Station Master is William Yoxall who also performed this role for the Cambrian. Inspector Thomas Henry Hovendon (who always gets himself into such photos) is to the right on the van balcony.

Note the size of the oak tree on the platform, indicating a decent age even at this time. The advertising sign over the booking office window is for Powell's balsam of aniseed, a cough medicine.

Source. FRCo Spooner Album SA22.
FR Catalogue. MN/P/01A

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