1961 – L1 from Stratford..
Taken on March 18th 1961
Ex-LNER Thompson L1 2-6-4T 67703 approaching Canning Town station with the 12:18pm service from Stratford to North Woolwich, on a grey misty day in March 1961.
The loco had entered service in January 1948 as LNER 9002, and was withdrawn in September 1962, and scrapped. None of the class were preserved..
Today (2025) there are LT Jubilee Line and Docklands Light Railway tracks running alongside each other here, and the DLR Star Lane station is at this location...
Restored from a faded unfocussed motion-blurred (Agfacolor) original..
Original slide - property of Robert Gadsdon
1961 – L1 from Stratford..
Taken on March 18th 1961
Ex-LNER Thompson L1 2-6-4T 67703 approaching Canning Town station with the 12:18pm service from Stratford to North Woolwich, on a grey misty day in March 1961.
The loco had entered service in January 1948 as LNER 9002, and was withdrawn in September 1962, and scrapped. None of the class were preserved..
Today (2025) there are LT Jubilee Line and Docklands Light Railway tracks running alongside each other here, and the DLR Star Lane station is at this location...
Restored from a faded unfocussed motion-blurred (Agfacolor) original..
Original slide - property of Robert Gadsdon