Branch train to Cheddington at Aylesbury (High St.) on the Last Day
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Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 31 Jan 1953
View SW, towards the buffer-stops: ex-LNW terminus of the branch from Cheddington. On the Last Day of passenger services, Saturday 31/1/53 before formal closure on 2/2/53, one of the last trains back to Cheddington is headed by ex-LNW Webb (1890 design) 5'6" 1P 2-4-2T No. 46601, which survived until 10/53.