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Towards the end of June 1964 B1 class 4-6-0 Nº61313 (from
41D Canklow) worked a pigeon special to Lewes. It was stopped with a hot box
and spent some days at Eastbourne shed before being sent to Redhill for repairs
on 6th July. It spent some weeks at the rear of Redhill shed, where it is shown
here on 28th August 1964. Following repairs it was re-steamed at the end of
September 1964 and worked passenger trains to and from Reading on 1st and 2nd
October 1964. The following day Nº61313 worked a special freight from
Earlswood to Streatham Common and from there it returned light to Cricklewood
on the first stage of its belated return to its home depot.
photograph by Keith Harwood |
| A Thompson B1 4-6-0 at an unlikely location! This example is on
the Southern's third rail system and is displaying the headcode for a
Victoria to Ramsgate service. The only visible digit of the loco's number
is the trailing '8' so take your pick from the list below. Two Davids,
Monk-Steel and Woodcock, have supplied wonderful background notes for this
image which are merged as below:
It was probably taken from the Huntslip Road overbridge (between West Dulwich and Sydenham Hill) looking north with Alleyn Park underbridge (a wartime rebuild after demolition by a bomb) in the distance. The playing fields of Dulwich College are on the right and this explains the fancy fencing which tended otherwise to only be used near stations. 14 B1 class were loaned to the BR(S) in May 1953 to help out whilst Bulleid's pacifics were withdrawn for tests following a serious accident. All went to Stewarts Lane, numbers; 61015, 61041, 61050, 61109, 61133, 61148, 61188, 61192, 61219, 61273, 61274, 61329, 61338 and 61354. All returned to the Eastern Region in June having been employed on Victoria to Kent Coast services. photograph: Mike Morant collection |
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Introduced in 1934 as a two cylinder version of the LMS Jubilee
class, the "Black Fives" were very popular engines which roamed far
and wide. Here Nº45349 is seen in a siding at Bournemouth on 21st June
1966.
photograph by Ray Soper |
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Nº48406 at Salisbury on 12th June 1965 with a Fawley oil
train.
photograph by Dave Mant |
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