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A TRIPLE 'SPAM' SANDWICH Featuring unrebuilt Bullied Pacifics as the filling in a triple sandwich of steam. |
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'THE RED KNIGHT' HEADS FOR LONDON One of the Southern Standard Class Fives that received names from scrapped Urie 'King Arthurs' No 73110 'The Red Knight' on an up Bournemouth Express in the outer London suburbs. Wimbledon 1961. Not bad condition for a 'five' as you can still read his number! |
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| 'SPAM CAN' PORTRAIT NO.1 'Lord Beaverbrook' prepares to depart from his home depot of Nine Elms, to head for Waterloo and his waiting train. |
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THE BUSY YARD AT KENTISH TOWN. From the footplate of 'The Royal Warwickshire Regiment' a view of Kentish Town Yard with 73170 at left front. To the far left a crippled Jubilee No.45712 'Victory' (minus her front set of tender wheels,) looks on. The 'Black Five' is leaving, drain cocks open. |
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'SPAM CAN' PORTRAIT NO.2 Exmouth Junction Battle of Britain Pacifics 34064 'Fighter Command' and 34069 'Hawkinge' head into Exeter Central to wait for the train from Waterloo, which when divided, they will work on into deepest Devon and Cornwall. |
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A BATTLESHIP TO CRACK A NUT. One of the huge 'Z' class 0-8-0Ts No. 30953 here employed in shunting the yard which used to lie to the North of Exeter Central Station, then overlooked by the brooding frontage of Exeter Gaol. |
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'SPAM CAN' PORTRAIT NO.3 Nine Elms favourite, West Country Pacific No.34020 'Seaton' Well in charge of a Bournemouth two hour express, passes Wimbledon in 1960. |
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IMPRESSION OF A 'BULLIED' The massive proportions of a rebuilt Merchant Navy Pacific dwarfing the photographer in this 1961 shot of 'Belgian Marine' at rest in Nine Elms. |
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