Description

BR Standard Class 5 No. 73052 (built 1954) – with 82F shedplate – is seen on the Down Pines Express (with 8 carriages visible, though there were almost certainly more) near Corfe Mullen.

This is on the single-track line between Broadstone and Corfe Mullen Junction that was built in the 1880s to avoid the need for S&D traffic to reverse at Wimborne.

73052 is shown as allocated to Bath Green Park from new until withdrawal in December 1964/January 1965.

Photo by G A Richardson. Copyright S&DRT. Our ref. WSHSD_2022_14_343. See also WSHSD_2022_14_345 for another view of this engine on the Pines Express on what appears to have been the same day, judging by the position of the smokebox door handle.

See also WSHSD_2022_14_119 for another photo that appears to have been taken with the camera in the exact same position.

Medium format 9 x 6 cm negative.

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