Salisbury
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In August 1962 a very unusual form of motive power was photographed on the ACE
at Salisbury - a Schools Class,
Nº30934 St Lawrence. How this came about is not
presently known, but the train arrived in Salisbury behind this loco, about
30-40 minutes late. There was some conversation between the engine crew and
Salisbury shed staff and, rather than being replaced by a Bulleid pacific,
St Lawrence took on water and hauled the ACE on to London. Getting the
train moving round the bend off the platform and up to Salisbury Tunnel
Junction was quite some effort, with drain cocks fully opened and blower on
full blast. St Lawrence could be heard all the way to the tunnel! Four
months later, she was withdrawn from service.
photograph by John Bradbeer |
| Rebuilt Bulleid light pacific
Nº34040 Crewkerne at the Salisbury coal stage on 19th March 1966.
Photograph by Dave Mant |
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A closer view of Crewkerne at the coal stage.
photograph by Dave Mant |
| Nº80152 was a BR Standard
4MT tank, a type not often seen in Salisbury until the later years when
some were transferred here. This 19th March 1966 view is over the wall at the
west end of platform 1 when the remains of the GWR station were being used as a
goods yard.
Photograph by Dave Mant |
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Standard class 4 4-6-0
Nº75070 Departing 'wrong line' in the days before bi-directional
working from platforms 3 & 4 on 20th March 1966. This view was taken from
the trackbed of the Market House branch, the pointwork for which had not yet
been removed. On the right is the site of the Milk Platform and the original
station up platform which was by then used for storage by the engineers - and
was a useful vantage point for photography. Now this is the site of the Staff
Association club.
photograph by Dave Mant |
| Nº60024 Kingfisher was a visitor to the Southern
network on the LCGB "A4 Commemorative" rail tour run on 27th March
1966 from Waterloo to Exeter St Davids, via Salisbury, returning via Exeter
Central and Salisbury. The previous day had also seen 60024 calling at
Salisbury with an A4
Locomotive Preservation Society rail tour from Waterloo to Weymouth,
returning via Yeovil and Salisbury. Good view of the platform canopies.
Photograph by Dave Mant |
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Nº34015 Exmouth was standing on the East Yard
Reception road on 31st May 1966. The view shows the signalling east of the
station with the three arms giving access to platforms 3, 4 and 6 from left to
right as viewed in the photo. The signal in the background has a splitting
distant for Tunnel Junction, where the Basingstoke and Southampton routes
diverge.
photograph by Dave Mant |
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