You had to be lucky to photograph a complete "King" at Swindon Works as late as this because apart for those awaiting cutting up (as seen by 6011 on the right) there were no others, the only other exception being 6000 "King George V" which was held at the Works awaiting a decision as to its preservation.
Initially withdrawn the previous December, 6018 had not been immediately cut up and was given an extended lease of life being used on an Enthusiasts' Special as it was still intact and in running order. Plans to save it fell through and 6018 was actually cut up at Swindon in October 1963.
There was an understandable and marked reluctance by the workforce at Swindon to cut up the "Kings" scheduled to meet their fate at the Works where they had been so well overhauled in the past years, and a number spent some months there before being finally disposed of