Weymouth - Bournemouth train approaching Branksome
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Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 20 Apr 1963
View - in pouring rain - westward, towards Poole and Weymouth, also Broadstone, the S&D, Wimborne etc.: ex-LSW Weymouth main line. The 12.10 from Weymouth is headed by rebuilt Bulleid Light Pacific No. 34039 'Boscastle' (built 9/46 as No. 21C139, renumbered 6/48, rebuilt 1/59, withdrawn 5/65, but preserved on the Great Central (Heritage) Railway at Loughborough.