Liverpool Street - Chingford local train at Bethnal Green, 1958
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Liverpool Street - Chingford local train at Bethnal Green, 1958
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 30 Aug 1958
Having surmounted the 1-in-70 bank from Liverpool Street, the train is about to turn onto the Cambridge Lines; these were not electrified until 1960 and still have platforms at Bethnal Green. The locomotive is one of the initial 12 Hill ex-GER L77 class members of the very successful LNER class N7, which eventually numbered 122 engines. It is one of those which had a regular crew, from Wood Street and Enfield Town sub-sheds, and was kept in first-class condition with the distinctive white smoke-box rings. No. 69604 was built 9/21 as GER No. 1004, became LNER No. 8004, then 7982 in 1944 and 9604 in 1946, surviving as BR No. 69604 until 8/59. Note the disks employed on local trains from Liverpool St.
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