[Source:
Nick Catford]
31.jpg) A goods train is seen coming off the Brentford branch at Southall in October 1961. Simultaneously, on the main line the 13.15 Paddington - Hereford express is passing, with 4-6-0 7006 'Lydford Castle'. 9791 is a Collett designed 57XX Panier tank working a class J freight. Built in 1936 by the GWR at Swindon works, it entered service in May and had a service life well in excess of 27 years, when it was withdrawn from 81E, Didcot shed in January 1964 and scrapped two months later.
Photo by Ben Brooksbank
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