Holiday Bound For The Isle Of Wight. (Berrylands)

The last regular rostered working for a 'Schools' class locomotive on the Western Section of the Southern Region. The 12.00 o'clock Waterloo - Lymington Pier, boat train for the Isle Of Wight. 

'Oiling Up'. (Folkestone Shed)

A driver prepares his Standard class 4MT tank engine for the road. His job to attend to all the oiling up before leaving the shed. Upon coupling up to his train he would probably grab another minute to quickly nip around the engine once again, to top her up.

'Boiler Empty Filling Plugs Slack.' (Feltham Shed)

Standard LSWR footplate layout and fittings on display here. This engine has been uncoupled from her tender, and is undergoing light repairs from the fitters at her home shed Feltham. Not all jobs required the locomotive to go into the main works for attention.

'Train Spotting' Western Style. (Ealing Broadway)

This young man had to have his wits about him, to collect Thornbury Castle's number, as she was really shifting through Ealing Broadway on this occasion in 1959.

TOP LINK JOB. (Near Wimbledon)

A relief working for the fully booked 'Atlantic Coast Express' and a heavy enough train to warrant a Merchant Navy at the head. Motor cars have brought to an end the need for relief workings, and an end to prestigious named express trains too.