Diesel-hauled Down 'Torbay Express' approaches Southall Station
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Diesel-hauled Down 'Torbay Express' approaches Southall Station
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 22 Dec 1960
View eastward, towards London Paddington; ex-GWR Paddington - Reading etc. main line. By 1960 main-line Diesel-Hydraulics were handling many of the principal Western Region expresses. Here No. D823 'Hermes', a Swindon-built 2,200hp Type 4 B-B (introduced 8/58), is heading the 12.30 West of England express from Paddington, having just passed Southall Locomotive Depot, seen in the distance with the branch from Brentford coming up on the right.
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Image Location
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51.506404
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-0.374661