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Salisbury A Class 31 with the 2:31pm service to Portsmouth passing Tunnel Junction on 10th May 1980.

photograph by Dave Mant

 
New signal posts awaiting installation on 31st May 1980.

Photograph by Dave Mant

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Salisbury The splitting distants for Tunnel Junction taken from a passing train on 8th June 1980.

photograph by Dave Mant

 
Inside Salisbury West Box on 12th July 1980.

Photograph by Dave Mant

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Salisbury 2H DMU º1132 taken from the West Box on 12th July 1980.

photograph by Dave Mant

 
Inside Salisbury East Box on 12th July 1980.

Photograph by Dave Mant

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Salisbury A Western Region DMU taken looking away from the station from the East Box on 12th July 1980.

photograph by Dave Mant

 
Class 50 º50046 taken looking towards the station from the East Box on 12th July 1980.

Photograph by Dave Mant

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Salisbury The old GWR boundary posts still survive right up against the present line. This was the cause of so much difficulty in the past when the L&SWR had to build a sharp curve around the GWR terminus and which still severely restricts speed through the station today. The date, 1902, refers back to when the station was rebuilt following the exchange of land between the LS&WR and the GWR. In BR days the SR/WR boundary was marked by a small lineside sign at Dilton Marsh, just before Westbury, after BR transferred the route to the Southern Region.

Photograph by Dave Mant

 
This is where it all started for Dave Mant. A few minutes walk from home, his father used to take him here to watch the trains. He still remembers hiding behind the building in case there was a loud whistle, or the drain cocks were opened making a deafening roar when trains started off!

photograph by Dave Mant

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Salisbury Platform 4, the main down platform looking up the line with class 159 º159014 that has been detached at Salisbury. The end of the west-facing bay, platform 5, can be seen on the right.

Photograph by Tony Bush

 
Looking westwards along platform 4 with the bay platform 5 on the left and platform 3 on the right.

The unusual building looking a little like a Signalbox without the windows on platforms 2 and 3 is, according to a member of staff, for "storing hot water bottles"!

photograph by Tony Bush

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