5031 1930s Leamington Spa
Great Western Railway Collett Castle' class 4-6-0 No. 5031 'Totnes Castle'. Built at Swindon in June 1934 and withdrawn in October 1963. Great Western Railway Collett '2251' class 0-6-0 No. 2279. Built at Swindon in September 1934 and withdrawn in January 1959.
Passing trains at Leamington Spa, Warwickshire in the 1930s. The non-hi-viz bedecked track workers (or crew?) would be an anathema in today's railway environment.
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