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A Railwayman's View - BR Midland Region by Peter Collins > Towards Wales > Galapagos 0010
Galapagos 0010 A major component of British Railways’ activities were their shipping routes incorporating ports and terminals situated all around the UK from the single quaysides of the Isle of Wight services from Ryde and Lymington to the major continental/international terminals such as Dover, Harwich and Holyhead. This is the latter one dull afternoon in 1975. On the left is Cambria, first of a new generation of ships launched in 1949 to replace war-worn vessels and on the other side of the harbour is possibly Hibernia. Both were into the last years of their lives. Note the name Sealink emblazoned on the hull of the further vessel. This was the trendy new title given to the ferries business a few years before it was the first part of the rail organisation to be sold off and privatised. I admit to being dazzled by this scenario and moved to the company expecting an exciting new future…………. little did we know…..
Galapagos 0010 A major component of British Railways’ activities were their shipping routes incorporating ports and terminals situated all around the UK from the single quaysides of the Isle of Wight services from Ryde and Lymington to the major continental/international terminals such as Dover, Harwich and Holyhead. This is the latter one dull afternoon in 1975. On the left is Cambria, first of a new generation of ships launched in 1949 to replace war-worn vessels and on the other side of the harbour is possibly Hibernia. Both were into the last years of their lives. Note the name Sealink emblazoned on the hull of the further vessel. This was the trendy new title given to the ferries business a few years before it was the first part of the rail organisation to be sold off and privatised. I admit to being dazzled by this scenario and moved to the company expecting an exciting new future…………. little did we know…..
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A major component of British Railways’ activities were their shipping

routes incorporating ports and terminals situated all around the UK from the single quaysides of the Isle of Wight services from Ryde and Lymington to the major continental/international terminals such as Dover, Harwich and Holyhead. This is the latter one dull afternoon in 1975. On the left is Cambria, first of a new generation of ships launched in 1949 to replace war-worn vessels and on the other side of the harbour is possibly Hibernia. Both were into the last years of their lives. Note the name Sealink emblazoned on the hull of the further vessel. This was the trendy new title given to the ferries business a few years before it was the first part of the rail organisation to be sold off and privatised. I admit to being dazzled by this scenario and moved to the company expecting an exciting new future…………. little did we know…..
By ellyBelly Publications collection Towards Wales ref Galapagos 0010; taken 2023-12-12 16:02:34 GMT; 12mb 5200x4105 pixels; comp 840x663