![]() WELSHPOOL (1st)PHOTO GALLERY 1950s[Source:
Paul Wright]
![]() In the mid-1950s ex-GWR 0-6-0 Dean Goods locomotive number 2538 is seen on shunting duties at Welshpool station. The locomotive had entered service with the GWR in August 1897. It spent the period between 8 August 1953 and May 1957 when it was withdrawn at Oswestry locomotive shed.
![]() A local service is seen departing from Welshpool bay platform number 4 in 1957.
![]() Photo by Ben Brooksbank ![]() A rail tour to the Talyllyn Railway is seen taking on water at the Welshpool station's down platform on 28 September 1957. Smartly dressed passengers have taken the opportunity to step out of the train and observe the activity. Copyright photo from the Mike Morant collection ![]() can be seen to the right. Photo from John Mann collection ![]() Copyright photo from the John Alsop collection ![]() Photo from John Mann collection ![]() Looking south-west along the down platform number 1 at Welshpool in the 1950s. Photo from John Mann collection
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