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Description: Down stopping train at Oswestry. View northward, towards Whitchurch and Gobowen; ex-Cambrian Whitchurch - Welshpool - Machynlleth etc. main line, junction of GW branch from Gobowen. The Cambrian main line was a victim of the Beeching Report and was closed on 18/1/65, the Gobowen line survived until 7/11/66 when Oswestry station was closed but remained open for goods until 6/12/71. The station has been restored recently by the Cambrian Railway Trust - but with no trains, yet (2011). The train is headed by 4-6-0 No. 7815 'Fritwell Manor' (built 1/39, withdrawn 10/64).
Title: Oswestry railway station geograph-2510794-by-Ben-Brooksbank
Credit: From geograph.org.uk
Author: Ben Brooksbank
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