Description

Ex-S&DJR (Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway) 7F class 2-8-0 locomotive no. 13805 (built Derby 1914 as S&D no. 85, previously LMS no. 9675, withdrawn 1961 as BR no. 53805) with southbound mixed goods train of at least 25 wagons (probably comprising 42 wagons including brakevan and banked by loco no. 7544), approaching Masbury summit, Wednesday 6 July 1938.

Photo by H C Casserley. Copyright S&DRT. Our ref. WSHSD_2019_30_41340. See also WSHSD_2019_30_41341. It is believed, owing to the sequence of negative numbers and subject material, that this is the front of the train seen being banked in WSHSD_2019_30_41341.

Black & white negative, 35 mm film, Agfa Isopan F, Casserley ref. no. 41340.

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