A view almost unrecognisable today taken from the London end of Vauxhall station with the Houses of parliament in the background. All of the houses on the left have been cleared and replaced with high-rise buildings. 2-NOL No.1842 heads three other 2-car sets on a Waterloo-Alton/Portsmouth train in the early 1950s, the first four coaches going to Alton and the rear four to Portsmouth.