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Perhaps this picture should be a what and where quiz

question, it being a very little-known backwater tucked into the extremely complex track arrangements around and adjacent to Willesden Junction. When taking the shot, immediately behind me was Old Oak Junction. This is the point of divergence of what is now the Overground line from Richmond to Willesden Junction and beyond with the route you are looking at. It is freight only and leads around to the right to West London Junction, connecting with the West Coast main-line and enabling continuing round to Mitre Bridge Junction and the south. As can be seen it is rarely used and on this particular cold Saturday morning the Sulzer Type 2 Class 25 clanked away to itself, idling without moving for more than an hour or two. At least that provided current enough to boil the crews’ kettle.