Description

Ex-SR rebuilt Bulleid ‘Battle of Britain’ class 4-6-2 locomotive No. 34085 ‘501 Squadron’ (with 71B Bournemouth shedcode) on the 3.30pm Waterloo to Bournemouth West passenger service with SR headcode no. 14 (Waterloo and Brockenhurst & Bournemouth West) passing Gas Works Junction, Branksome triangle. Thursday 19 July 1962.

The train is seen just short of the points for the east chord.

Note additional signal balance weight at the lineside adjacent to the locomotive.

Ilford FP3 35mm black & white film.

Photo by John Richardson. Copyright S&DRT. Our ref. WSHSD_2019_4_101.

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