The (former) 'Cheltenham Flyer' prepares to leave Paddington
View eastward, towards the buffer-stops on Platform 1; ex-GWR main line London terminus. 'Castle' 4-6-0 No. 7006 'Lydford Castle' (built 6/46, withdrawn 12/63)is beside the Parcels platform extending out from Platform 1, with the 16.55 to Cheltenham (St James)(due 19.40) - first stop Kemble.
They must have been very short of Reporting Numbers at Old Oak Common this day !