Long Marston Central Engineer Park (Depot)

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War Department 0-6-ST No 160 is seen within Long Marston Ordnance Depot at the head of a two coach train. Roger Monk writes, 'This is an interesting photo as it shows two coaches of the sixteen built for the London Tilbury & Southend Railway (LT&S) in 1912 for the joint (with the Metropolitan District Railway) Southend - Ealing through service by the Birmingham Carriage & Wagon Company. They had sliding doors, were gangwayed and had lavatories. They were hauled on the District Railway portion of the journey by electric locos and steam hauled over the LT&S. The service was withdrawn on the outbreak of WWII. According to a footnote in HD Welch's history of the LT&S (Oakwood) twelve of these vehicles were still in existence in 1944 of which five were used by the WD on the Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Railway.'

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