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Contact the photographer for details.";function clickIE4(){if(event.button==2){alert(message);return false;}}function clickNS4(e){if(document.layers||document.getElementById&&!document.all){if(e.which==2||e.which==3){alert(message);return false;}}}if(document.layers){document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEDOWN);document.onmousedown=clickNS4;}else if(document.all&&!document.getElementById){document.onmousedown=clickIE4;}document.oncontextmenu=new Function("alert(message);return false")</script> <style>@media only screen and (max-width:800px){.mainimage{max-width:100%}}</style><link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.11.4/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css"><script language="Javascript" src="/jquery-ui/jqui10/js/jquery-ui-1.10.0.custom.min.js.pagespeed.jm.4dkrtxMyIS.js"></script><div class="container"><p><center><img class="mainimage" src="/images/92000/92213.jpg"></center></p><p>Presumably we only invested 拢7.4 billion in Brunel's time (inflation adjusted, of course). Seriously, I am all in favour of the railway blowing its own trumpet - especially when the road building industry often quotes "numbers of jobs created", which may only apply during the construction phase, if at all.</p><p>Location: <a href="/locations/B/Bath_Spa">Bath Spa</a></p><p>Original line: <a href="/companies/G/Great_Western_Railway">Great Western Railway</a></p><p>Photographer: <a href="/contributors/Ken_Strachan">Ken Strachan</a></p><p>Contact photographer: <a href="/pm/index.php?img=92213&whoto=Ken Strachan" target="contact">Ken Strachan</a></p><p><a href="/pm/index.php?img=92213&whoto=Ewan Crawford" target="contact">Contact editor</a></p><p>Date: <a href="/onthisday/07/30">30/07/</a>2016</p><p>Image number: 92213</p><br>Other photographs of Bath Spa on RailScot<table style="width: 100%; display: block; overflow-x: scroll;"><tr><td><a title='InterCity 125 at Bath in 1985. The now famous brand first appeared on a Paddington - Wolverhampton train The Inter-City in 1950. It went on to be poached by transport operators around the world. ' href='/img/13/144'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/13000/13144.jpg'></a></td><td><a title='Everything you could possibly want to know about IETs see image - except whether you will get a cold shower from the HVAC.' href='/img/61/997'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/61000/61997.jpg'></a></td><td><a title='An InterCity 125 HST leaves Bath in 1985.' href='/img/17/339'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/17000/17339.jpg'></a></td><td><a title='Graffiti is unusual in Bath, but the building on the left is uninhabited. In July 2018 it seemed to be under rather slow restoration. The Westbound HST may have a less promising future.' href='/img/66/554'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/66000/66554.jpg'></a></td><td><a title='A Westbound HST curves into Bath Spa on 14th July 2018.' href='/img/72/313'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/72000/72313.jpg'></a></td><td><a title='Bath Spa station on New Years Day 2012 - an intriguing mixture of Mendip stone, red steel and plastic!' href='/img/37/202'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/37000/37202.jpg'></a></td><td><a title='Another year, another livery, compared to see image . 159001, originating from London Waterloo, forms the 21.50 to Bristol Temple Meads. My wife had sent me out shopping; but the station was just across the road...' href='/img/71/191'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/71000/71191.jpg'></a></td><td><a title='Another atypical view of Bath, looking the other way from See image . An eastbound Sprinter passes the retaining wall for the Avon Canal in July 2018.' href='/img/66/846'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/66000/66846.jpg'></a></td><td><a title='Class 50 no 50047 departs east from Bath on 29 June 1974.' href='/img/22/9'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/22000/22009.jpg'></a></td><td><a title='A class 67 arrives at Bath with The Northern Belle in August 2007.' href='/img/26/66'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/26000/26066.jpg'></a></td></tr></table><br><br>  <div id="ebayid" style="border-top: 1px dotted #CCC; padding-top: 25px; margin-top: 25px;"> <a target="ebay" href="https://www.ebay.co.uk"><img src="/ebay/xeBay-logo-right-now-108x45.gif.pagespeed.ic.-1kRB_5ODm.png"></a><br> eBay may have some items listed below which may be of interest. RailScot is an eBay affiliate. 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