Description

BR Standard Class 9F No. 92001 (built 1954) pictured at the head of a nine-carriage Nottingham-Bournemouth service in 1961. A reporting code of 1O91 is displayed. From the greenery and the wide-open windows of an adjacent house, this was taken on a glorius hot summer day.

At the top left of the picture, the Chilcompton twin-bore tunnels can be seen. The sweep of the line – from close to the tunnels up to the road bridge that 92001 is crossing –  is today a footpath and a very pleasant walk.

Photo by G A Richardson. Copyright S&DRT. Our ref. WSHSD_2022_14_323. Medium format 9 x 6 cm negative.

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