Class 33 Cab In the Dark, Basingstoke
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| Photo: Charles Moorhen |
Cab front of an unidentified Class 33 diesel locomotive stabled for the night on a siding at Basingstoke station in the late 1980's.
The Class 33 stands close to where one of Basingstoke's lever-operated signal boxes once stood, opposite the current signal box (see photo below) where the track diverges to Reading station.
As a young boy in the early 1960's, I was lucky enough, with a friend of mine, to be able to visit the older wooden signal box in question and watch for a while as a variety of Southern Region steam-hauled trains passed by in both directions.
A treat I will never forget.
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| Basingstoke Signal Box Photo: Charles Moorhen |
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