Dog Star
Western Thunderer
I support Dan in his assessment, I feel that the location is between Reading West and Southcote Junction.
[please disregard the rest of this post, Mick is correct in his assessment (below)]
What has been causing some confusion to me is Dan's comment that the train originated north of Reading. I suggest that this is not so, the train is running on the Up line towards Reading - to my mind the key is the shadows of the trees. The line is roughly NNE - SSW at this point and so the shadows suggest a late morning train.
There is a website for the railways of this part of Reading and this page shows the bridge which, I think, can be seen in the photo above. The Coley Branch photo show the Bath Road bridge and the curvature of the line in this area. If Brian's photo is of an Up train between Bath Road and Tilehurst Road bridges then the distant signal gives me some problem - the position of the signal is correct for the Up Distant of Oxford Road Junction... and that ought to be a distant over a home if I read the signalling diagram correctly.
[please disregard the rest of this post, Mick is correct in his assessment (below)]
What has been causing some confusion to me is Dan's comment that the train originated north of Reading. I suggest that this is not so, the train is running on the Up line towards Reading - to my mind the key is the shadows of the trees. The line is roughly NNE - SSW at this point and so the shadows suggest a late morning train.
There is a website for the railways of this part of Reading and this page shows the bridge which, I think, can be seen in the photo above. The Coley Branch photo show the Bath Road bridge and the curvature of the line in this area. If Brian's photo is of an Up train between Bath Road and Tilehurst Road bridges then the distant signal gives me some problem - the position of the signal is correct for the Up Distant of Oxford Road Junction... and that ought to be a distant over a home if I read the signalling diagram correctly.
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