The BR crest on the tender is enormous - estimated date
Adjacent to the station at Ipswich in the mid 'fifties were these sidings which were , I imagine, used for empty stock, although there seem to be some seven or eight lengths of track visible .
62544 waits for its next call to duty which will probably see it working back home to Yarmouth on the North Norfolk coast.
The engine has already been turned, and will in due course run forward before backing down on to its train in Ipswich station before setting off on its rostered working.
It's hard to imagine a more scenic background at a busy main line station .
What a truly handsome design this was , particularly , as seen here , in those "Claud Hamiltons " which retained the ornate splashers over their driving wheels