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A Railwayman's View - BR Western Region by Peter Collins > Paddington > LPPC DSL BW 0262

 

The photographs in this collection are from the Paddington section of Peter Collins' Railwayman's View Book Volume One - BR Western Region.

LPPC DSL BW 0262 A quiet summer’s morning at Paddington in 1971 and the empty stock for a down express to Bristol has arrived from Old Oak Common at Platform 2. Putting in a very rare appearance is an ex GWR Director’s saloon (W9005W) looking smart in chocolate and cream livery, attached at what will be the front of the coaching set which is awaiting its locomotive, probably from Westbourne Park layover sidings. The saloon formed part of the Ocean Liner Express trains that ran from Plymouth to London in the 1930s until the Great Depression saw the services suspended and the coaches used on special services. The last Ocean Liner Express ran in 1962, and W9005W was then used as an Inspection Saloon by BR Western Region. The saloon has been restored and is now used on the South Devon Railway. Keywords: BR, 1971, BR, Western, W9005W, Coaching Stock, Director's Saloon, Passenger
LPPC DSL BW 0262 A quiet summer’s morning at Paddington in 1971 and the empty stock for a down express to Bristol has arrived from Old Oak Common at Platform 2. Putting in a very rare appearance is an ex GWR Director’s saloon (W9005W) looking smart in chocolate and cream livery, attached at what will be the front of the coaching set which is awaiting its locomotive, probably from Westbourne Park layover sidings. The saloon formed part of the Ocean Liner Express trains that ran from Plymouth to London in the 1930s until the Great Depression saw the services suspended and the coaches used on special services. The last Ocean Liner Express ran in 1962, and W9005W was then used as an Inspection Saloon by BR Western Region. The saloon has been restored and is now used on the South Devon Railway. Keywords: BR, 1971, BR, Western, W9005W, Coaching Stock, Director's Saloon, Passenger
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A quiet summer’s morning at Paddington in 1971 and the

empty stock for a down express to Bristol has arrived from Old Oak Common at Platform 2. Putting in a very rare appearance is an ex GWR Director’s saloon (W9005W) looking smart in chocolate and cream livery, attached at what will be the front of the coaching set which is awaiting its locomotive, probably from Westbourne Park layover sidings. The saloon formed part of the Ocean Liner Express trains that ran from Plymouth to London in the 1930s until the Great Depression saw the services suspended and the coaches used on special services. The last Ocean Liner Express ran in 1962, and W9005W was then used as an Inspection Saloon by BR Western Region. The saloon has been restored and is now used on the South Devon Railway.