MY LIFE IN TRAINS
Lineside and Station Sequences
Part Eighteen
Weybridge and West Byfleet – 23 April 1960
The next weekend we were out at the lineside again, on the LSWR main line starting at Weybridge station and then beside the line near West Byfleet.
These are not brilliant photos – the light wasn’t very good, and most of the trains were moving fast. Again, a good record, and all steam because I didn’t photograph the EMUs.
We saw nine classes if you count West Country and Battle of Britain as one, ten if you don’t, in a few hours – and all the Bulleid Pacifics had been rebuilt bar one.
After this, we bunked Feltham and Nine Elms sheds – these can be seen in my Engine Portraits series.
All Photographs by Alan Lewis Chambers ©
11:28 SR Rebuilt West Country 4-6-2 No 34046 'Braunton' heads an up express through Weybridge on 23 April 1960.
12:01 SR Rebuilt Battle of Britain 4-6-2 No 34062 '17 Squadron' heads an up express near West Byfleet on 23 April 1960.
12:02 SR Lord Nelson 4-6-0 No 30859 'Lord Hood' hauls a westbound express near West Byfleet on 23 April 1960.
12:16 SR Rebuilt Merchant Navy 4-6-2 No 35011 'General Steam Navigation' heads an up express near West Byfleet on 23 April 1960.
12:25 SR Rebuilt Battle of Britain 4-6-2 No 34050 'Royal Observer Corp' on a down express near West Byfleet on 23 April 1960.
12:43 LSWR 700 ‘Black Motor’ Class 0-6-0 No 30701 heads towards London light engine near West Byfleet on 23 April 1960.
12:57 SR H15 4-6-0 No 30331 heads towards London light engine near West Byfleet on 23 April 1960.
12:59 SR Rebuilt Merchant Navy 4-6-2 No 35015 'Rotterdam Lloyd' speeds the down Bournemouth Belle near West Byfleet on 23 April 1960.
13:01 BR Class 5 4-6-0 No 73113 heads an up express near West Byfleet on 23 April 1960.
13:12 SR Schools 4-4-0 No 30908 'Westminster' on a down express near West Byfleet on 23 April 1960.
13:31 SR H15 4-6-0 No 30331 runs light engine down the South Western main line near West Byfleet on 23 April 1960.
13:34 SR Rebuilt Merchant Navy 4-6-2 No 35007 'Aberdeen Commonwealth' on a down express near West Byfleet on 23 April 1960.
13:39 SR Rebuilt Battle of Britain 4-6-2 No 34059 'Sir Archibald Sinclair' heads an up express near West Byfleet on 23 April 1960.
13:51 SR Unrebuilt West Country 4-6-2 No 34006 'Bude' heads an up express near West Byfleet on 23 April 1960.
14:03 SR Schools 4-4-0 No 30907 'Dulwich' on a down Class B near West Byfleet on 23 April 1960.
15:20 SR King Arthur 4-6-0 No 30453 'King Arthur' heads a down express from Waterloo near West Byfleet on 23 April 1960.
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