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The Falcon in Clapham Junction.
There has been an Inn here since the early 1700's.
It is said that certain parts of the building date back 275 years.
The majority of what we see now, dates from the 1870's, when it was rebuilt as a Hotel with a public house on the ground floor.
The interior was remodelled in 1896, making it a big open plan space. With extensive use of oak and glass panels, it is on the campaign for real ale's inventory of historic pub interiors.
It also entered the Guinness book of records, for having the longest bar counter in a public house.
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59005 'Kenneth J Painter'
Clapham Junction, 16/2/23
6M69 1953 Crawley to Wembley Reception Sidings 1-7 stone empties
HCT Enviro200 1300 is pictured arriving at Surbiton Station whilst working on South Western Railway Rail Replacement between Hampton Court and Clapham Junction
GWR green liveried 47500 'Great Western' heads the 1215 Manchester Piccadilly-Brighton Intercity service away from Clapham Junction on 21 June 1986.
Class 455s number 871 and 719 approach Clapham Junction with the 2J17 0906 Waterloo to Hampton Court. These units and the remaining 10 sets are due to be withdrawn from service at Christmas, these reliable workhorses will be missed in the South East along with their brightly coloured liveries.
The backdrop to this shot has changed immensely during my lifetime and is now really impressive. In this view the circular tower is St Georges Wharf next to it is the Schard which is actually next to London Bridge station and next to that is the Thames City complex which covers the old Nine Elms depot plus much more land, building work started in 2015 and is still being developed today. Expect to pay 1.5 to 1.7 million £ for a three bedroom apartment.
The day by day comings and goings at Clapham Junction Station will soon no longer be carried out with the stunning livery of the class 455s as a back drop. The end of the working life of these joyously colourful units is approaching fast as they are to be retired from service on Christmas Eve.
5719 is bathed in morning sunshine as passengers disembark, she is working the 0937 Waterloo to Chessington.
56103 is working solo with 6Y20 10:45 Cliffe - Chessington stone train. Unusually running via Barnes the train is seen here passing Clapham Junction for the first time in its journey, heading west through platform 6. Having completed a loop via Barnes, Acton, Willesden and Kensington Olympia the train would pass through the station again some 45 minutes later, this time through platform 17 in order to access the route onto the Brighton Mainline, and then the South West Mainline via Stretham.
The shot required a quick dash through the subway when I realised that the train was going to head through platform 6 rather than 5, ruining my planned shot- luckily things all worked out alright despite a 12 car desiro doing its best to get in the way (and just clearing this shot just about in time!).
Bear Buses VN36140 is pictured at Surbiton Station awaiting its return journey to Clapham Junction on South Western Railway Rail Replacement
A London Overground class 378/2 unit, which appears to have recently returned from refurbishment at Widnes, sits in platform 17 at Clapham Junction prior to forming the 16.11 to Stratford.
Usually 'Mildmay' line services operate from platform 1 every 15 minutes, but extra units are introduced into the working during Monday to Friday peak periods to boost the service level. Whilst extra trains are added (and later taken out of service) platform 17 is utilised. This unit had worked as empty stock from Wembley 'C' Sidings, via Kensington Olympia, where twelve London Overground units can be stabled overnight.
Bear Buses YX09AFF is pictured leaving Surbiton whilst heading for Weybridge on South Western Railway Rail Replacement
Typically utilised in pairs on materials flows up to a glorious finale the familiar returning Salfords/Purley-Cliffe Brett Marine aggregates enters Clapham Jn with 33051/116 in retro-BR rail blue.
Quite a twitchy wait knowing a potential blocking-out at any time!
1997
A busy location and certainly a place to be if you wanted to phot Electro Diesel Class 73's was from the A3 road bridge at Clapham Junction. 73202 'Royal Observer Corps' with its rake of BR IC liveried Mk2 stock with powered GLV on the rear works the non-stop 14.00 London Victoria - Gatwick Airport in July 1993.
These formations worked the Gatwick Expresses from 1984-2005.
* 73202 formerly 73137 emerged from Vulcan Foundry (Newton-le-Willows) September 1966 as E6044 and is still in service with GBRf.
33113 with two 4TC non powered units (412 leading) pass through Clapham Junction on the 21st June 1984.
The code 62 is probably for Salisbury...thanks Tony.
©Dave Peachey.
Running 40 minutes late from Slade Green (having started almost 50 mins late) ROG 37 884 'Cepheus' appears under the Victoria Lines while a Gatwick Express 387 runs overhead at Longhedge Junction. 37 884 was hauling a Southeastern Class 465 EMU to Doncaster, probably for scrapping? By the time it reached Doncaster it arrived 21 minutes early!
On 7 June 2023, 73202 and 73136 approach Clapham Junction on 6Y42 Hoo Junction - Eastleigh. The locos subsequently failed near Hounslow!
66744 leads 5Z65 08:09 Eastleigh Arlington (Zg) to Stewarts Lane T&R.S.M.D Brittanic Explorer ECS into Clapham Junction on 05/09/25.
It's been a long time since I was last at this spot between Longhedge and Latchmere Junctions between Wandsworth Road and Clapham Junction. A few more buildings have sprung up in the background since. But it's a good place to catch some freight workings transiting from the South, around the capital to West London. RTT had some interesting workings listed on this particular Saturday and inspired by a recent photo taken here by another Flickr user I thought I'd make my way there once again with the added bonus of some rare sunshine!
GBRf 66 795 'Bescot LDC' comes under the lines to Victoria above with London in the background with the tanks from Grain to Colnbrook. This loco seems to share this duty alongside 66 794 (in it's retro petroleum sub sector livery).
Both the London Overground 'Mildmay line' train to Stratford and 50 008 'Thunderer' are ready to depart from Clapham Junction.
The 50 was hauling Brush type 4 No. 47 715 and preserved 4-VEP unit 3417 from Strawberry Hill Depot to East Grinstead. At East Grinstead train 5L50 would use the rail connection to The Bluebell Railway ahead of the weekends diesel gala.
Hounslow Heath's DE20022 is pictured arriving at Clapham Junction Station completing its run from Woking. The vehicle usually works the morning 216 and afternoon 698
SWR class 455 scrap moves have proceeded at a rate of knots in the last few months with at least 2 units a week being sent initially to Newport Sims but latterly Derby Litchurch Lane after the former site called in the administrators. Rail Operations Group class 37 no.37800 'Cassiopeia' is seen departing Clapham Junction across the ladder through Clapham Yard with 5856 and 5862, their final trip on southern metals whilst running as 5Q86 10:35 Wimbledon Park Depot to Newport Docks on 8th September 2025.
Rail Operations Group class 37 no.37800 'Cassiopeia' hauls SouthEastern Networker 466037 through Clapham Junction on its final journey before scrapping as 5Q66 10:37 Gillingham EMUD to Kingsbury EMR on 6th March 2025.
A bit of a gamble that the train would use its booked route platform 6 here and not be put through platform 5 which ultimately paid off allowing this view from the footbridge.