Recent post by Alex Coomber on TRAIN SIDING.

Alex Coomber Alex Coomber on Train Siding: By the late 1950s with the introduction of Britannias and electrification of the Clacton Line. The ex LNER Class B17 Sandringham
4-6-0s...

Alex Coomber on Train Siding: By the late 1950s with the introduction of Britannias and electrification of the Clacton Line. The ex LNER Class B17 Sandringham
4-6-0s...

By the late 1950s with the introduction of Britannias and electrification of the Clacton Line. The ex LNER Class B17 Sandringham 4-6-0s days were numbered. Here's Stratfords No. 61672 West Ham United storms through Shenfield with the 14:50PM train from Clacton to London Liverpool Street on 23rd July 1955.