Salisbury
| Inside Salisbury East Box on 12th July 1980.
Photograph by Dave Mant |
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A Western Region DMU taken looking away from the station from
the East Box on 12th July 1980.
photograph by Dave Mant |
| Class 50 Nº50046
taken looking towards the station from the East Box on 12th July 1980.
Photograph by Dave Mant |
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The old GWR boundary posts still survive right up against the
present line. This was the cause of so much difficulty in the past when the
L&SWR had to build a sharp curve around the GWR terminus and which still
severely restricts speed through the station today. The date, 1902, refers back
to when the station was rebuilt following the exchange of land between the
LS&WR and the GWR. In BR days the SR/WR boundary was marked by a small
lineside sign at Dilton Marsh, just before Westbury, after BR transferred the
route to the Southern Region.
Photograph by Dave Mant |
| This is where it all started for Dave Mant. A few minutes walk
from home, his father used to take him here to watch the trains. He still
remembers hiding behind the building in case there was a loud whistle, or the
drain cocks were opened making a deafening roar when trains started off!
photograph by Dave Mant |  |
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