British Railways 1971

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	Heathfield, one-time junction for the Teign Valley line, looking under the A38 towards Newton Abbot April 1971
	Heathfield, with the junction for the Teign Valley line by then just a spur to a warehouse complex, looking towards Bovey Tracey April 1971
	The intermediate station at Teignrace between Newton and Heathfield April 1971
	Class 23 D6339 at a level crossing outside Newton Abbot with a brake van en-route to Heathfield April 1971
	D6339 shunts at Heathfiedl April 1971
	D6339 shunts at Heathfiedl April 1971
	D6339 draws vans out of the warehouse siding at Heathfield April 1971
	D6339 shunts at Heathfield April 1971
	D6339 with a trip freight to Newton Abbot ready to depart April 1971
	3R 1204 departs from Tonbridge with a Reading train May 1971
	A view from the footbridge that crosses Tonbridge Yard towards the station. May 1971
	A class 71 approaches Tonbridge with a freight May 1971
	A 6B/6L formation arrives at Tonbridge with a train for Hastings May 1971
	A blurred shot of a 4-CEP passing Tonbridge with an up fast Kent Coast train May 1971
	Tonbridge: L-R an up "Boat" formed 4-CEP/4-BEP/4-CEP, an up Kent Coast semi-fast with a 2-HAP and a Reading train with a 3R "Tadpole" May 1971
	Entering Redhill from Tonbridge May 1971
	A long line of withdrawn Portsmouth stock at Gatwick with a 4-RES 3072 nearest the camera. The catering vehicle in this unit, 12163 had been converted to a "Cafeteria" car after fire damage. May 1971
	A 3H arrives at Eridge with a train from the Oxted direction May 1971
	A class 33 enters Eridge with the only loco-hauled train, a working from London Bridge to Uckfield May 1971
	The LB - Uckfield train in Plat 3 at Eridge with 3D 1318 working a branch train to Tunbridge Wells and Tonbridge in Platform 1 May 1971
	A 5-car Hampshire formation arrives at Eridge with the 3D waiting in the up loop platform 1 for Tunbridge Wells May 1971
	Tunbridge Wells West with a Tonbridge train arriving out of the single line tunnel from Grove Jn May 1971
	3D 1318 shunts at Tunbridge Wells West May 1971
	Surrendering the tablet at Grove Jn May 1971
	On another day, a blurred shot of a train arriving at Tunbridge Wells West from Tonbridge May 1971
	Tunbridge Wells West at midday on a weekday. Overnight and at weekends the sidings would all be full of units. May 1971
	Grove Jn from above: A 6B comes north from Hastings and enters the tunnel through to Tunbridge Wells Central May 1971
	A down train for Hastings leaves Grove Tunnel May 1971
	An Eridge - Tonbridge train leaves the tunnel from the West station and approaches Grove Jn May 1971
	A Tonbridge - Eridge train passes Tunbridge Wells Central Goods May 1971
	A 6B unit on a Charing Cross - Hastings working passes High Brooms May 1971
	4-CIG 7358 arrives at Haywards Heath leading a morning train to Victoria July 1971
	"Clacton" 2-car unti 607 leads a train for the Essex Coast at Liverpool St July 1971
	Witham with a Clacton train departing July 1971
	View through the driving cab on the Braintree branch July 1971
	Approaching White Notley July 1971
	Cressing July 1971
	Approaching Braintree July 1971
	Approaching Braintree July 1971
	Braintree, note that the signal for the lefthand platform is still there even though the track has been lifted! July 1971
	Cravens Class 105 dmu at Braintree July 1971
	Waiting to leave Braintree (and Bocking!) July 1971
	Cressing July 1971
	White Notley July 1971
	Class 31 at Witham July 1971
	Witham July 1971
	Witham July 1971
	Witham July 1971
	Witham July 1971
	Marks Tey with a Sudbury train arriving July 1971
	Chapple Viaduct July 1971
	Chapple Railway Museum July 1971
	Near Sudbury July 1971
	Near Sudbury July 1971
	Sudbury July 1971
	Sudbury July 1971
	Sudbury July 1971
	Sudbury July 1971
	Sudbury July 1971
	Marks Tey, A Liverpool St - Norwich train calls to connect for Sudbury July 1971
	Shenfield with a 306 and a 309 in shot July 1971
	Clacton train calls at Shenfield July 1971
	306s in Shenfield sidings July 1971
	Wickford July 1971
	307 unit at Wickford July 1971
	Fambridge, the intermediate crossing on the Southminster branch July 1971
	Southminster with a 3-car 104 waiting to return to Wickford July 1971
	Southminster, at this time there was considerable traffic in sand as well as the nuclear flasks for Bradwell July 1971