Peter Kerslake says "This location, at the Liverpool Street side of Ipswich station, was my favourite for a spot of lineside photography during my spell there in the mid ' fifties, with that splendid tunnel mouth just a few yards form the platform end. 70035 Rudyard Kipling, with steam to spare, sets off bound for the Capital at the head of The Norfolkman which it has worked from its home shed at Norwich."