Hard%20to%20imagine%20that%20in%201966%20this%20is%20the%20A38%20Leeds%20to%20Exeter%20trunk%20road%20prior%20to%20the%20opening%20of%20the%20Burton%20on%20Trent%20bypass.%20Some%20relief%20for%20the%20traffic%20came%20with%20the%20closure%20of%20this%20part%20of%20the%20former%20North%20Staffs%20line%20from%20NS%20Jnc.%20to%20Stretton%20%20Jnc.%20on%20April%202nd%201966.%20Drivers%20had%20to%20wait%20another%20year%20before%20the%20by%20pass%20opened%20in%20June%201967.%0A%0AColwick%20shed%u2019s%208F%2048552%20heads%20a%20heavy%20train%20away%20from%20North%20Stafford%20Jnc.%20on%20the%20Burton%20Derby%20main%20line%20past%20the%20neat%20signal%20box%20at%20Horninglow.%20The%20engine%20driver%20seems%20happy%20in%20his%20work%2C%20less%20so%20is%20the%20driver%20of%20the%20rather%20posh%20car%20who%20appears%20to%20sum%20up%20the%20frustration%20typical%20of%20the%20period%3B%20%20or%20is%20he%20perhaps%20admiring%20lesser%20mortals%20in%20their%20new%20Cortinas%20%3F%0A%0AThe%20station%20building%20at%20Horninglow%20which%20closed%20to%20passenger%20traffic%20in%201949%20became%20a%20transport%20%u2018Caf%u2019%20and%20lasted%20until%20demolished%20in%20March%201989.%0A%0AThe%20houses%20in%20the%20picture%2C%20including%20the%20one%20on%20the%20extreme%20right%2C%20still%20exists%20and%20a%20hump%20in%20the%20road%20indicates%20where%20the%20crossing%20once%20frustrated%20drivers.%0A%0A%A9%20Phil%20Waterfield%20-%20All%20rights%20reserved.%20Please%20do%20not%20use%20my%20images%20without%20my%20explicit%20permission%0A
source https://www.flickr.com/photo.gne?id=50975194163
0 nhận xét:
Đăng nhận xét