A view looking south-west along the up platform at Oswestry less than two years after closure on
25 June 1968. Except for the lack of any people the station appears as if a passenger train could arrive at any moment.  Oswestry station looking north-east from the down side of the line in the late 1960s. Photo from the John Mann collection  Looking south-west at Oswestry station from the Cambrian Works footbridge on 12 July 1970.Photo by Keith Holt from the KDH Flickr photostream old31.jpg) Oswestry station can be seen in the background of this view that was taken at the north end of the goods facilities that lay to its north in July 1971. A Sulzer Type 2 (later class 24) locomotive is seen shunting in the sidings.Photo by Gary Brookes  Looking north-east along the up platform at Oswestry station in July 1971 as a southbound freight train passes through.Photo by Gary Brookes  Oswestry station looking north-east in July 1971.Photo by Gary Brookes  A Sulzer Type 2 locomotive (later class 24) stands at the up platform at Oswestry station in July 1971 on a train of empty wagons bound for Blodwell. The up line had become the up and down goods line by this time. It linked quarries at Blodwell to the main line at Gobowen. Photo by Gary Brookes  The 1863 Oswestry station building seen looking north-east from the street on 25 February 1973. Photo by Keith Holt from the KDH Flickr photostream  Rationalisation was underway at Oswestry when this view looking south-west was taken on 25 February 1973. The buildings on the down platform had been demolished and the station footbridge removed. Track was in the process of being lifted. Photo by Keith Holt from the KDH Flickr photostream  Junior plate layers in action in the Oswestry station goods yard in September 1973. The signal box was Oswestry South and dated from 1893.  Home
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