D8222 heads a milk tanker train through Stratford station towards Ilford in early 1969, a traffic soon to cease. David J Hayes adds This train of milk tanks could well be destined for Ilford, which was one of a number of milk traffic destinations to be found in and around the London area. Such traffic at this time was concentrated on Kensington Olympia, but would later be mainly distributed from Acton Yard. The regular movement of milk on the BR network ceased circa 1980, by which time consisted of a working from Cornwall to London catering for traffic from just a handful of forwarding points