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British Railways 1969

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A Hymek arrives at Moreton-in-Marsh with a train for Paddington

April 1969



A "grab-shot" of a withdrawn 6-PAN unit stored at Purley

April 1969



A 4-VEP passes Hassocks with an up Brighton semi-fast

April 1969



A 4-VEP passes Hassocks with a down Brighton semi-fast

April 1969



A 4-VEP arrives at Hassocks with a London Bridge - Brighton stopper

April 1969



Up Victoria stopping train arrives at Hassocks. Note the gas lamps and station canopies, all would be swept away within the year.

April 1969



Trackbed of the Princetown branch near King Tor

April 1969



Another "Grab-shot", this time from an R-stock train on the District Line of a Bullied 2-EPB on the ex-LSWR line between Wimbledon and Putney

August 1969



4-SUB 4749 arrives at West Croydon

August 1969



A Class 115 dmu departs from Marylebone

August 1969



A-Stock at Baker St

August 1969



An A-stock train arrives at Baker St

August 1969



A 2-BIL leads a 6-car formation entering Hassocks on a stopping train from London Bridge

August 1969



Stores unit 013 (formed of ex-LSWR 3-SUB motor coaches) passes Hassocks

August 1969



Brighton with a 2-BIL lurking on platform 1

August 1969



The Kemp Town branch diverges at lewes Rd Jn

August 1969



Lewes with a 4-COR setting off for Brighton

August 1969



Waiting for the road at Lewes. Note the Uckfield line diverging to the left

August 1969



A pair of 2-BILs on the blocks at Seaford

August 1969



A train for Brighton led by a 2-BIL at Seaford with a 4-CIG stabled in the siding alongside

August 1969



A train for Brighton led by a 2-BIL at Seaford with a 4-CIG stabled in the siding alongside

August 1969



Southerham Jn, Lewes

August 1969



A VERY dim shot of the up "Brighton Belle passing through Haywards heath

August 1969



Class 33/0 6545 at Salisbury with the daily through train from Brighton to Exeter

August 1969



3H in the bay platform 6 at Salisbury with a train for Portsmouth

August 1969



Romsey

August 1969



Southampton with a 4-REP propelling a train for Bournemouth out of the station

August 1969



Hymek arriving at Eastleigh with the daily Newcastle - Poole train

August 1969

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I was born in 1953 and educated at Tonbridge and Bristol University. Since then I have been employed on the Railways, most of the time in the West Midlands. From 1980 I lived in Wolverhampton, and for the last 20 years in Bridgnorth