1951
TL9123 : Up Clacton Interval Express approaching Marks Tey station, 1951
taken 74 years ago, near to Aldham, Essex, England

Up Clacton Interval Express approaching Marks Tey station, 1951
View eastward from North Lane bridge, towards Colchester (and Clacton), Ipswich and Norwich on the ex-GE main line from London (Liverpool Street)- long before electrification. The locomotive is Thompson B2 two-cylinder rebuild of Gresley 'Sandringham' three-cylinder 4-6-0 No. 61644 'Earlham Hall': built 5/35 as B17/1 No. 2844, becoming 1946 No. 1644, then rebuilt as BR No. 61644 in 3/49 and surviving until 11/59. (A short Down train is receding in the distance).