A Sight That Had Not Changed Since Pre-Nationalisation. A Western Region Semi-Fast, Formed Of Ex G.W.R Stock With A 'Hall' In Charge. (Note the huge patch in the tender.)

The Rural Nature Of Folkestone Shed Pictured Here As 34001 Is Turned By Her Driver. Believe Me There Is A Turntable Buried In There Somewhere.

It Seems So Strange, Even After All This Time, That Such A Familiar Sight Has Been Consigned To History. A Black Five On The L.N.W.R Main Line Brings An Up Express Through Willesden Junction In 1960

Tearing Along The Great Northern Main Line Near Welwyn, A2/3 No. 60514 Brings Me Ever Nearer To My Destination Of Kings Cross, In The Winter Of 1959. A2s Never Seemed To Warrant The Regular Wipe-Overs That Their More Illustrious A1 A3 & A4 Sisters Seemed To Enjoy, Hence The Filthy Paintwork In This Typical Picture Of The Period

'ANZAC' Had Not Carried Her Name From The Beginning. This Locomotive Was Awarded This Name In About 1958. Before That She Was Annonymous. (I Believe At Least One Britannia Never Did Carry A Name And Was Scrapped Un-Christened.)

Fitting Replacements For The Ageing M7s On The South Western Branch Lines No.82024 Is Pictured About To Head The Exmouth Branch Train Out Of Exeter Central Early In 1961.

The Normal Glittering Turnout For A Southern Standard Class Five, As Displayed By Merlin, Whilst Bringing The Stock Of An Up Stopper Into Basingstoke In 1964.