Saturday, 1 March 2014

Clapham Cutting

These four 1924 pictures can be identified as Clapham Cutting as the name appears on the signal box in the first two photographs. The box is idiosyncratic, looking more like a fashionable summer-house. The third electrified rail can be clearly seen in the foreground. Clapham Cutting comes out of Clapham Junction, away from London and towards Wandsworth Common. The next station is Earlsfield, another frequent photographic location.

67. This first is an unrebuilt T9, LSWR (E)721. Rebuilt T9s looked more like the D15 in picture 68, following. Marked "Down Portsmouth" on the back.

68. An LSWR D15, (E)472. Marked "Down Bournemouth" on the back.

69. Southern N15 number (E)791 Sir Uwaine of the King Arthur class is seen in its new Southern green livery.  The distant church tower is clear in this picture. Marked "Down 3.30 Bournemouth" on the back.

70. Another D15, (E)464. The second passenger carriage is older stock (see Roger's comment below). Marked on the back "Down Portsmouth 464D rebt M.S. [Maunsell Superheater?]+6wtdr" [6 wheel tender].

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1 comment:

  1. Unknown17 March 2014 at 17:57

    Re 69, the first loose third coach has just been repainted, see white roof
    Re 70, the odd coach is an older arc roofed coach, these preceded the elliptical roof coaches in the rest of the train and were scrapped earlier. The M.S. notation probably refers to the Maunsell superheater the loco received in 1926.
    Roger

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