oldravendale
Western Thunderer
Oh, how I love to see that number on your E1, Ian. I travelled from Charing Cross to Ashford on 5th April 1961 on a special behind the E1 and T9 30117. As far as I remember the E1 stayed at Ashford, was immediately withdrawn and scrapped. The train then went to Eastleigh behind a Schools, reversing at Woking and changing engines for another Schools and returning to London from Eastleigh with a Schools. A memorable day I'll never forget. Not only that, but I left my camera on the train with all my Eastleigh pictures - M7s, T9s etc - (I'd changed films at Ashford). Never got the camera back but Tim Mills was at Eastleigh around the same date and has pictures of those same T9s. M7s and others. It only took nearly 60 years for me to fill that gap in my collection.
Brian
Brian