35018 British India Line passes Bamfurlong - 15th July 2019
Today’s lucky loco was SR Merchant Navy Class 35018 British India Line
Todays official working 5Z35 1019 Southall Wcr to Carnforth Steamtown
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Some little info about
35018 British India Line is a preserved SR Merchant Navy Class steam locomotives built by the Southern Railway in 1945. British India Line was one of the first batch of twenty completed at Eastleigh Works in May 1945, first shedded at Nine Elms shed, where it was to remain for most of its career, under both the Southern Railway and British Railways. On 24 November 1960 it was re-allocated to Bournemouth's 71B shed, but in January of the following year it returned to Nine Elms 70A shed where it was to remain for the rest of its career with BR. 35018 was withdrawn from service in August 1964 and was sold onto Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry, South Wales where it arrived in December of the same year. Rescued from the scrapyard in November 1979, work to restored the locomotive began in 2012 and British India Line ran under its own steam on the mainline in May 2017.
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Filmed Monday 15th July 2019
A preserved Southern Railway Merchant Navy Class steam locomotive, 35018 British India Line, is shown in motion during a railtour. The footage captures the locomotive moving empty coaching stock from Southall to Carnforth Steamtown. The train operated under the working number 5Z35. The locomotive was originally built in 1945 and served with both the Southern Railway and British Railways before being withdrawn in 1964. It was later sold for scrap but has since been preserved.
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