Italianate Tug
After picking up intel this morning about a Tug diagrammed for the Dee Marsh steel (thanks Jim!) I returned to Gobowen to try another angle. My 1979 OS Map doesn't show the new bypass, or many of the recent building developments in the town, but it did show a footpath, helpfully still in use, and I took this from the foot crossing just south of the station.
Flat and grey, in contrast to earlier in the week, but I just about eaked something from DBS Tug 60039 passing through the station with the 9.30am Dee Marsh - Margam (6V75) steel train.
While the Tug might be nice, for me, the real star of the show is the elegant Great Western infrastructure on display. The station building was built by the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway between 1846 and 1848 in the Florentine (or Italianate) style with white stucco facing and the turret. The platform awnings were added later by the Great Western Railway and, while not exactly in keeping with the original style, still come with an elegance all their own. Thankfully the station is Grade 2 Listed so it should be around for a while yet (info courtesy of Wikipedia).
2nd June 2016
Italianate Tug
After picking up intel this morning about a Tug diagrammed for the Dee Marsh steel (thanks Jim!) I returned to Gobowen to try another angle. My 1979 OS Map doesn't show the new bypass, or many of the recent building developments in the town, but it did show a footpath, helpfully still in use, and I took this from the foot crossing just south of the station.
Flat and grey, in contrast to earlier in the week, but I just about eaked something from DBS Tug 60039 passing through the station with the 9.30am Dee Marsh - Margam (6V75) steel train.
While the Tug might be nice, for me, the real star of the show is the elegant Great Western infrastructure on display. The station building was built by the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway between 1846 and 1848 in the Florentine (or Italianate) style with white stucco facing and the turret. The platform awnings were added later by the Great Western Railway and, while not exactly in keeping with the original style, still come with an elegance all their own. Thankfully the station is Grade 2 Listed so it should be around for a while yet (info courtesy of Wikipedia).
2nd June 2016