Newly installed O H L E Overhead Line Equipment on a gantry showing the Catenary and conductor wire tensioners awaiting the conductor wire.

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Taken in the early days of the Great western railway electrification project on all lines from Paddington to Cardiff.

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Size: 5616px × 3744px
Location: Woodley, Reading, UK
Photo credit: © Christopher May / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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