1966 - MN at Neasden..
Bulleid 'Merchant Navy' pacific 35030 ''Elder Dempster Lines'' passing Neasden with the LCGB 'Great Central Rail Tour' on September 3, 1966, the last day of passenger services on the Great Central mainline.
The loco was withdrawn at the end of steam on the Southern Region, in July 1967, and scrapped in 1968.
Restored from an under-exposed grainy unfocussed 'blue-stained' original..
Original slide - photographer unknown
1966 - MN at Neasden..
Bulleid 'Merchant Navy' pacific 35030 ''Elder Dempster Lines'' passing Neasden with the LCGB 'Great Central Rail Tour' on September 3, 1966, the last day of passenger services on the Great Central mainline.
The loco was withdrawn at the end of steam on the Southern Region, in July 1967, and scrapped in 1968.
Restored from an under-exposed grainy unfocussed 'blue-stained' original..
Original slide - photographer unknown