THEN AND NOW - SILK MILLS
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| A View taken in the 1980's at Silk Mills Crossing, At the time of this photo the Signal Box was still in place next to the crossing, The Austin Metro also dates the shot nicley (Photo: Dave Jones) | April 2007 the alingment of the old road can be seen, gateed access still remains to allow Network Rail to load road/ rail vehicles during engineering works. (Photo: Brian Garrett) |
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| Another view taken in the 1980's at Silk Mills with cars waiting for a train to pass by. Little did we know at this point how much this crossing area would change in 2005/2006. (Photo: Dave Jones) | April 2007, The new road bridge can been seen on the left, the and alignment of the old Silk MillsRoad has almost disappeared. (Photo: Brian Garrett) |
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| 31st July 1976, 47078 powers away from Taunton with 23:00 Stirling - Newton Abbot passenger service. It's seen passing the South end of Fairwater Yard about to cross Silk Mills road crossing headign South. (Photo: Chris Perkins) | This is the nearest equivalent shot, taken in 2006 from the top of the new Silk Mills Road Bridge. Once all the redevelopment work has been completed in the yard it may be possible to obtain a closer match (Photo: Jon Gill) |
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| 31st July 1976, 47088 approaches Silk Mills crossing with the 08:20 Plymouth - Leeds service. (Photo: Chris Perkins) | This is the nearest equivalent shot, taken in 2006 from the top of the new Silk Mills Road Bridge. A firstgroup HST is pictured heading North to London (Photo: Jon Gill) |
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| 10th May 1975. D1034 Western Dragoon passes Silk Mills with a Penzance - Cardiff service. Note the Silk Mills Signal Box on the right. (Photo: Chris Perkins) | 26th March 2005, This is the equivalent shot taken when the Silk Mills bridge was in construction. On April the 2nd the bridge, lifted into place over the tracks. (Photo: Brian Garrett) |