Location?

[AndrewE]

Looking at Neil's photos, 80019 looks to be in an attractive location in https://railway-photography.smugmug...25-Built-1951-Brighton/8001080016/i-xqKLFwr/A
Any ideas? By a lake? Or just at high tide - there is no evidence of changes in the water level which you would expect if it was by a river or estuary.

 

[Gloster]

Could it be Lymington?

 

[eastwestdivide]

80019’s allocation history courte of brdatabase, might narrow it down:

21/01/1952	Allocation	Reallocated to Brighton (75A)
30/06/1952	Allocation	Reallocated to Eastbourne (75G)
13/08/1952	Allocation	Reallocated to Eastbourne (75G)
07/10/1952	Allocation	Reallocated to Redhill (75B)
14/02/1953	Allocation	Reallocated to Brighton (75A)
17/11/1956	Allocation	Reallocated to Tunbridge Wells West (75F)
16/09/1963	Allocation	Reallocated to Brighton (75A)
22/06/1964	Allocation	Reallocated to Redhill (75B)
08/06/1965	Allocation	Reallocated to Bournemouth (70F)
19/03/1967	Withdrawn	Condemned as 80019

also main line stock, so possibly a through portion from London (but not necessarily)

 

[AndrewE]

Could it be Lymington?

That is probably right, just N of the harbour station.

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The curve fits and the houses in the background are the other side of the main road! It was definitely high tide. (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lymington/@50.7591741,-1.5305113,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s2nnRTQR_pxPB-qhSggCElw!2e0!6shttps://streetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com/v1/thumbnail?cb_client=maps_sv.tactile&w=900&h=600&pitch=0&panoid=2nnRTQR_pxPB-qhSggCElw&yaw=0!7i16384!8i8192!4m6!3m5!1s0x487380d551efa449:0xcd8cf49129a73d50!8m2!3d50.758531!4d-1.5419099!16zL20vMDIwNmhu!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTIwOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw==)

 

[AndrewE]

Another question about a photo in the same series:
https://railway-photography.smugmug...25-Built-1951-Brighton/8001080016/i-t9s248j/A
shows a tank engine with an illegible, but presumably satirical locally-applied "nameplate" painted on the side tank. Any guesses? 4 words(?) so not just "Corfe Castle." Maybe "The Swanage Flier" or "The Poole Harbour Express?"

 

[Merle Haggard]

Another question about a photo in the same series:
https://railway-photography.smugmug...25-Built-1951-Brighton/8001080016/i-t9s248j/A
shows a tank engine with an illegible, but presumably satirical locally-applied "nameplate" painted on the side tank. Any guesses? 4 words(?) so not just "Corfe Castle." Maybe "The Swanage Flier" or "The Poole Harbour Express?"

Just enlarging it, could it be "The Atlantic Coast Express' ???

 

[Gloster]

Just enlarging it, could it be "The Atlantic Coast Express' ???

Or the ‘The Dorset Coast Express’?

 

[weeklycommuter]

My guess is the Swanage Railway about 1km East of Harmans Cross Station.

I travelled on Swanage Railway diesel trains Wareham to Swanage and back in 2023 when they were running these excursions but I cannot recall this much detail so this guess is from looking at google maps. The Swanage Railway is a heritage railway that runs steam trains so I would expect to see this sort of train on the Swanage Railway. There is not enough detail on google maps to be certain so my guess could be wrong.

The railway shown is a single track line and I cannot see any third rail.

 

[AndrewE]

My guess is the Swanage Railway about 1km East of Harmans Cross Station.

I travelled on Swanage Railway diesel trains Wareham to Swanage and back in 2023 when they were running these excursions but I cannot recall this much detail so this guess is from looking at google maps. The Swanage Railway is a heritage railway that runs steam trains so I would expect to see this sort of train on the Swanage Railway. There is not enough detail on google maps to be certain so my guess could be wrong.

The railway shown is a single track line and I cannot see any third rail.

the picture caption says it is at Wareham.. in 1966! The question is what has been graffiti'd on the side tank?

 

[weeklycommuter]

the picture caption says it is at Wareham.. in 1966! Th equestion is what has been graffiti'd on the side tank?

In that case it must be a Wareham-Swanage passenger train operating a service somewhere on that line at the time.

 

[Snow1964]

Could it be Lymington?

Yes, just before the pier station.

The signal is run round loop (left), main to platform (centre) and siding (right) which I think at one time had fuel tankers for the ferries

There are also a couple of pictures at Brockenhurst in the set, 80019 (with 408 disc) and one at water crane on other side. At that stage the footbridge had some steps because one part was added in 1930s at higher level when the station was rebuilt with two islands.

80011 at Vauxhall

 

[Gloster]

In that case it must be a Wareham-Swanage passenger train operating a service somewhere on that line at the time.

It is standing in the Down platform at Wareham. The train in the first photo has just left Lymington Pier.

 

[weeklycommuter]

I now find that selecting the following link does bring up the photo in post #1 with the caption "80019 Leaving Lymington Pier"

80019 Leaving Lymington Pier

railway photographs from the last 100 years

railway-photography.smugmug.com

 

[AndrewE]

I now find that selecting the following link does bring up the photo in post #1 with the caption "80019 Leaving Lymington Pier"

presumably Neil reads this thread and updates captions if it looks as though we have come up with something useful...