In a scene that can only be taken in early autumn, 50009 'Conqueror' is about to rattle the timbers of Blatchbridge Junction signal box that is to my right. It is leading the 09.50 1A59 Plymouth to Paddington composed of Mk. II air-conditioned stock with the customary Mlk. I BG marshalled behind the locomotive. Notice the dead elm tree above 50009, just one of the thousands that had succumbed to Dutch elm disease.
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