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GWR Routes
Banbury to Wolverhampton
Moreton-in-Marsh to
Shipston-on-Stour
Hatton to Bearley and Alcester Branch
North Warwickshire Line
Harbury Cutting and Tunnel
GWR Route:
Banbury to Wolverhampton
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N Briggs courtesy Warwick Museum
A view of the cutting being widened to remove the problem of land slippage
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N Briggs courtesy Warwick Museum
Close up showing GWR 0-6-0 No 311 being utlised to haul spoil during the widening of Harbury cutting
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G Coltas
GWR 4-6-0 No 5076 'Gladiator' is seen approaching Harbury Tunnel on an up express
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G Coltas
GWR 4-6-0 No 6024 'King Edward I' at the head of an express leaving Harbury Tunnel
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Colour Rail
Great Western Railway 4-6-0 60xx King class No 6007 King William III with a twelve coach southbound express train in Whitnash Cutting
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P Colebourn Collection
GWR 4-6-0 No 6024 'King Edward I' at the head of an express leaving Harbury Tunnel
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TE Willaims
Ex-Great Western No 8100, a large 2-6-2T prairie tank engine in unlined black British Railways livery travelling south
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TE Willaims
Ex-Great Western No 4997 'Elton Hall' storms through the imposing southern brick portal of Harbury tunnel
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TE Willaims
Ex-Great Western No 4707 a 2-8-0 47xx class heavy freight locomotive effortlessly heading down towards Leamington
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B Hicks
Ex Great Western Railway 4-6-0 49XX 'Hall' class No 6937 'Conyngham Hall' with a north bound down excursion train
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Adrian Vaughan
Looking through the mouth of the 73 yard Harbury Tunnel viewed from the western (Leamington Spa) end
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Adrian Vaughan
This graceful three arch brick bridge across the Harbury Cutting was built to provide access from Bull Ring Farm to Harbury village