A Thameslink express train speeds into the unique Clayton Tunnel built in 1840 with a house on top


Picture by Roger Bamber 13 March 2006 A Thameslink express train speeds into the unique Clayton Tunnel built in 1840 with a house on top in the shape of a tiny fairytale castle. The Victorian folly sis astride the one and half mile tunnel on the Brighton to London line. It is rented out by Network Rail Thameslink Trains are part of The Go Ahead group


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Photo credit: © Roger Bamber / Alamy / Afripics
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