1948 Locomotive Exchanges
SR West Country class 4-6-2 No 34006 Bude waits at Nottinham Victoria with the 8.20am Mancheser London Road to Marylebone express on June 1, 1948.
An impressive image of 34006 during the 1948 locomotive trials. Note the extended smoke deflectors fitted for the trials and which remained for the rest if the locomotives life as it was never rebuilt. Also the shield below the nameplate is that of the county of Cornwall. In Feb 1950 it was changed to the coat of arms of the town


Photo: John P. Wilson/Rail Archive Stephenson