I have never taken photographs from the famous Bishop's bridge that crosses the throat of Paddington station before. Unless you are extremely tall or have some steps you will need a camera with a flip-out screen that can be held at arm's length over the parapet as I did in this case. This view shows two GWR IETs waiting to leave for the West Country from platforms two and five. The new Bishop's bridge opened in June 2006 following its replacement of the famous cast-iron Paddington bridge that is now in storage and in the care of English Heritage at Fort Cumberland, near Portsmouth. The row around the demolition of the old bridge back in 2003 made a mockery of the planning rules with a palpable lack of communication between all parties concerned.
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