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To continue the conversation - trains of Guinness tanker wagons would be occasionally seen heading down the GC line (1950s/1960s). They would have started at the Guinness brewing plant in Park Royal.
I have a rather poor shot of one of these trains northbound hauled by a B16.
Yes Lew, or the Kent & East Sussex. Some Sussex writer recorded a trip he made as a long-suffering passenger along the line. At Tenterden the loco was detached from the train and he was advised there may be some delay as they had to do a spot of shunting to do in the yard. But, he was told, by...
A number of possibilities come to mind - Marylebone to Stratford on Avon via Byfield - the Midland & Great Northern Joint - the Bishops Castle Railway - the Midland & South Western Junction Railway.
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