I had spotted this British Railways (NE) tangerine enamel at Thornaby station on the journey out earlier in the day, there were also others around the station but I did not have time to alight from the Class 101 DMU that I was travelling on to capture them. As can be seen, the glazed roof of the fine station building, sitting on an island platform was not in the best of condition. The station was demolished just over a year after I took this photograph in an act described as 'institutionalised vandalism' by the Middlesbrough Gazette in an article titled 'The jewel on the line' * Certainly, today's station is a particularly poor example of one of BRs minimalist designs creating a windswept and unwelcoming travelling environment.
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https://archive.vn/20130420220606/http://rememberwhen.gazettelive.co.uk/2009/06/the-jewel-on-the-line.html