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6 unusual facts about Long Marston


British Rail Class 74

74004 & 74009 remained at Long Marston until August 1978 whence they were reduced to scrap.

British Rail Mark 3

The introduction of Virgin Trains' Pendolino electric multiple units on the WCML caused a large surplus of Mark 3 vehicles, which ended up in storage at Long Marston.

LMS diesel shunter 7052

After withdrawal in 1966, it was sold to a scrap metal company in Long Marston, which used it as a yard shunter for a further three years, after which it was scrapped.

Long Marston, Warwickshire

William Shakespeare is said to have joined a party of Stratford folk which set itself to outdrink a drinking club at Bidford­-on-Avon, and as a result of his labours in that regard to have fallen asleep under the crab tree of which a descendant is still called Shakespeare's tree.

Middle Quinton

The majority of the 240ha site is the former Long Marston Royal Engineers depot which is now owned by St Modwen.

Railtour

Locations – such as Carne Point at Fowey, Cornwall – which have not seen passenger trains for several decades, or locations that have never had a public passenger service – such as the MOD depot at Long Marston – can be traversed by such trains.



see also

Angram

Angram, Harrogate, a village in the parish of Long Marston near York, North Yorkshire