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Yep, that's it - just found it myself - Cab Rd. Here it is inside, opposite 11 & 12. Thank you so much.

Oops. Didn't mean to do that. So, I can see the wide platform between 11 & 12, but does the road go straight out the front onto Water Rd?

Yes, I saw these too, but where does the road enter the Station? On Waterloo Rd at the front to the NW of the passengers? I can't find a pic showing, but I agree it does look like it is at the front.

Thank you, I do get confused. I intend to take/print all this because I have so much to digest. One more thing, if anyone is still paying attention, but I have been searching Waterloo Station for what seems days now and I still cannot figure out how road traffic got onto the platform between 11...

OK, got it. Thank you Randy and IronDuke. I have a lot of material to work with, and importantly, material that I KNOW is correct, because I can sense the enthusiasm and integrity of all your remarks. Forums like this really show how the internet helps all of us learn so much. Thank you again...

OK, so I’m going to connect the bullion van onto one of the passenger trains going into Waterloo. I’ve been looking for the place where special trucks might have come in – particularly where they enter the station. I know this picture is not applicable, but I sense it was something like this...

Gentlemen, Apologies for my tardy reply. I am still on the case and still grateful for your input. British Rail! – yikes! Big error! In my first book neither I nor my, admittedly American, copy editor noticed that the jubilee in 1977 was Silver and not diamond as I had written. We all make...

Thank you so much. Wow! I am amazed at the knowledge available on this forum. The authenticity you can supply to a writer is extremely beneficial. Randy already posted a picture of a bullion van, and I've found a few others similar to that. Do you have any pictures of the engines that might have...

Yes, important, thank you.

Excellent stuff, gents. If you're in England I'm sure you're ready for bed. I have some more research to do, but your remarks have been very, very helpful. Thank you so much. Is it worth me checking on Railway Forum, or would I find you guys on there too? :D Again, thank you so much (for now)...

Would the Post Office have been involved (this is not Bank of England, remember)?

Thank you again. So, to recap, if I come into Southampton (which I have to do), the bullion would have been loaded in the docks and taken by Southern? bullion van to Waterloo via Clapham J? Do you think it might have been added to a freight or postal train, or to a passenger train? And what kind...

Thank you for your responses. Do I presume that the only place to unload bullion in London (from the south at least), HAD to be Waterloo? There's no chance it might have taken the routes suggested by ChiefPlanner?

Randy. Yes, they did move to Royston, but I am confident that in 1963 they were also in Wembley, which kind of fits better into my story. I knew it would be difficult to get there from Southampton, but you have opened up much research for me (especially Norwood and Willesden). This is all very...

Thank you, gentlemen. This is all interesting stuff. It's a novel, so does not have to be truly accurate, but I like to be in the broad range of possibility. I'm aware of bullion trains lifting from Union Castle going to the Bank of England, and I'm pretty sure they went to Clapham J to...

oh, yes, you're right. It's gold bullion, so two or three pallets in a wagon, rather than a box, I suggest. It would have loaded alongside the docks in Southampton and unloaded onto a truck at Wembley Central for a couple of miles transit to fourth or fifth street in the exhibition gardens. It...

Good evening everyone. Apologies, I know nothing about railways. I am an author working on my second book, a novel set in 1963. In the story I need to transport a large box from Southampton docks to a business park in Wembley in 1963. Can you help me with any information concerning lines that...