A Merchant Navy on the West Coast Mainline is not an everyday sight! 35018 'British India Line' is seen passing through Roade cutting working hard and with a good exhaust exacerbated by the cool and damp conditions. The Merchant Navy is leading the 11.26 Steamtown (Carnforth) to Southall empty stock move in preparations for a further move to Swanage for a special Southern event. Unbelievably, this is my first mainline photograph of 35018 on the mainline with my only other one taken forty-four years previously prior to its restoration, see...
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