Station Name: HADLEIGH

[Source: Nick Catford]
Hadleigh on Saturday 9 June 1956 saw saw the departure of the Railway Enthusiasts Club's brakevan tour disturb the peace. Very few confirmed details of this tour exist but it is known to have operated from Liverpool Street to Ipswich via Saffron Walden, Bartlow and Colchester, returning direct from Ipswich. The jaunt along the Hadleigh branch involved three goods brakevans, suggesting only a small contingent of participants. This may suggest the journey between Liverpool Street and Ipswich and return was via service trains; if so the outward leg via Saffron Walden would have required some very careful planning. The brakevan part of the tour would of course have commenced and ended at Ipswich. One thing that is certain is the locomotive used on the Hadleigh branch, Class J15 0-6-0 No. 65459 which had obviously been spruced-up for the occasion. Commencing life as GER No.561 in 1906, she was an Ipswich locomotive in 1956 but ended her career at Stratford from where she was withdrawn in February 1960.
Photo from James Lake collection

 

 

 

[Source: Nick Catford]

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