Bedford - stereoview of trains at Tan y Bwlch with a large England engine on the down train

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Bedford - stereoview of trains at Tan y Bwlch with a large England engine on the down train

Bedford stereoview of trains at Tan y Bwlch c1874/5. This was taken on the same day as Bedford 1622 (iBase 3203).They are the earliest known photographs of the completed station. James Spooner is on an up mixed train, with one of the Large England locomotives on the down train. The England engine has had its chimney replaced, but cannot be identified from this angle. Curly Roofed Vans Nos 1 & 2 and the other carriages in mixture of two-colour plum and cream and single livery. These include bogie carriages Nos 15 & 16 (the only such vehicles on the railway at this time), and a mixture of Small Birmingham and Ashbury 4-wheeler carriages. The Up train contains various goods waggons, some with loads, between the carriages and the locomotive.

The station building looks freshly painted and is yet to acquire a brick chimney. Note the wooden water tank and horse-drawn carriage (probably some form of dogcart or Irish jaunting car). The middle road was used for goods waggons. Prior to vacuum brakes being fitted to carriages, these were marshalled directly behind the locomotive, so it was simple to detach them during the station stop and put them in the middle road. After the trains had gone, they would be gravitated down the station, over a diamond crossing with the Up line, and into the goods yard.

Source. Bedford stereoview 2770

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