GWR "Manor" Class no. 7820 "Dinmore Manor" passes Gretton, Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway
Date: 25th March, 2017
Photograph Reference: P73353
Camera: Sony A550
ISO: 400
Exposure Time: 1/1250sec
Aperture: F7.1
Focal Length: 60mm
Modifications: RAW modified
Taken during my first visit to the line of 2017.
After the somewhat disappointing session at Salter's Hill at the 2016 spring gala, I decided to see if there were any potential alternate locations between Winchcombe and Gotherington, so I decided to plan a walking route between the two stations to see if that produced any workable locations to the south of the line. With the aid of a custom Ordnance Survey map (the GWSR line requires 3 standard OS 1:25000 scale maps to cover the line; my custom map has it covered by one), I found a possible walking route with the minimum of road walking between the two stations, and walked this route on this visit, starting at Winchcombe.
I found two possible locations: this one just to the southwest of the village of Gretton, and another at Far Stanley (see later in the collection). In this photograph, 7820 is seen with a Toddington-bound train.