MY LIFE IN TRAINS
Lineside and Station Sequences
Part Thirty
Paddington to Shrewsbury on 11 October 1961
Early in October 1961, a fellow geology and geography pupil and I travelled by train from Paddington to Shrewsbury, on our way to a week long course at Preston Montford Field Centre in Shropshire.
I took a few photos on the journey, and more around Shrewsbury as we had a couple of hours to while away before the Centre minibus picked us up.
Early in October 1961, a fellow geology and geography pupil and I travelled by train from Paddington to Shrewsbury, on our way to a week long course at Preston Montford Field Centre in Shropshire.
I took a few photos on the journey, and more around Shrewsbury as we had a couple of hours to while away before the Centre minibus picked us up.
All Photographs by Alan Lewis Chambers ©
10:08 Captured from a train heading for Shrewsbury, GWR King 4-6-0 No 6005 'King George II' speeds through High Wycombe
towards Paddington on 11 October 1961.
10:45 Waiting in the up bay at Banbury on 11 October 1961 is GWR 5100 Class 2-6-2T No 5192.
11:15 GWR 5100 Class 2-6-2T No 5174 on a down freight at Leamington.
12:15 GWR 5100 Class 2-6-2T No 5152 on the middle road at Wolverhampton on 11 October 1961.
12:50 Taken from a Shrewsbury bound train, LMSR Fairburn 2-6-4T No 42069 waits at Wellington on 11 October 1961 on the Stafford branch train.
13:50 BR Class 3 2-6-2T No 82005 at Sutton Bridge Junction, Shrewsbury on a Severn Valley branch train on 11 October 1961.
Shrewsbury shed was tantalisingly close - right background - but I didn't pay an anauthorised visit as my companion didn't want to.
14:05 BR Class 5 4-6-0 No 73096 heads into Shrewsbury at Sutton Bridge Junction on 11 October 1961.
14:08 GWR 5700 Class 0-6-0PT No 3602 heads a freight into Shrewsbury at Sutton Bridge Junction on 11 October 1961.
15:05 LMSR Jubilee 4-6-0 No 45567 'South Australia' puts up a smokescreen leaving Shrewsbury towards Crewe on 11 October 1961.
15:15 BR Class 4 4-6-0 No 75051 reaches Shrewsbury from the north on 11 October 1961.
15:25 GWR 5700 Class 0-6-0PT No 4693 heads through Shrewsbury on 11 October 1961.
